Example sentences of "[coord] wait for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver asked whether they should go after Barbara Coleman or wait for the others . |
| 2 | Prior to the Tektronix announcement , such users were confined to an IBM system using the PS/2 board or waiting for the Network Computing Devices Inc plug-in board option that is announced but not yet available . |
| 3 | During the past few months , we have again weighed upthe pros and cons of reapplying now , or waiting for the time being . |
| 4 | The tests show people with symptomless HIV did not benefit in terms of survival or spread of the disease , whether they took the drug immediately on diagnosis or waited for the onset of infection . |
| 5 | The pioneer of bee research Karl von Frisch recalls ( and we have observed ) instances in which the trained foragers began to anticipate subsequent moves and to wait for the feeder at the presumptive new location . |
| 6 | The partners have taken the pay cut until next March to see if interest rates fall and to wait for the launch of a new product . |
| 7 | We can not stand by and wait for the equivalent of the Apple Macintosh to create a second empowerment of our students . |
| 8 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 9 | Significantly , the home referees in south Africa and Sandy MacNeill and David Bishop , the two test referees , were prepared to wait and wait for the ball to emerge from rucks and mauls . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ he thought , ‘ I 'll just have to sit and wait for the mist to clear . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’ |
| 12 | As he pulled on the oars — he could not bear simply to sit and wait for the bell to ring — John was again the boy who had set out to be the man he never became . |
| 13 | It is unlikely that Patrick will come here and wait for the Plantagenet . |
| 14 | Then , before she could decide whether to retreat and wait for the Empress to leave , a man murmured softly . |
| 15 | fra , ma frame of mind , you got to demand and wait for the answer , even though it might take a minute for the to say erm , erm , oh we use erm , you know , we 've got a , a , a local van that comes and se , like , you know . |
| 16 | Half past eight comes and it is time to stand outside and wait for the bus . |
| 17 | If he , Neil , was content to leave the house unwatched by day , and to spend his time looking at rocks on the broch island , then I could stay indoors with a clear conscience , and wait for the rainstorm to pass . |
| 18 | The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way . |
| 19 | Many so-called estate agents merely place advertisements and wait for the telephone to ring , which is not a successful method , particularly in a poor market like this . ’ |
| 20 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 21 | Design indented shorelines with sloping shelves and islands , fill it up with water , plant vegetation — and wait for the wildfowl to fly in to the resulting ‘ dug out ’ lake . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll sit tight and wait for the storm to blow itself out . ’ |
| 23 | I had to be patient and wait for the tide to turn , ’ he said . |
| 24 | What Robbins has , very cleverly , done is to drop a match into the murky kerosene of American politics and wait for the explosion . |
| 25 | After this she would return to the far wall and wait for the papers to be put back into place , so she could repeat the game . |
| 26 | The flat unleavened bread recalls the haste of their departure ( no time to use yeast and wait for the bread to rise ) . |
| 27 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |
| 28 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 29 | Do not bombard the water with groundbait and feed , but begin with the ‘ little and often ’ approach and wait for the fishing to develop . |
| 30 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |