Example sentences of "[subord] wait [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
| 2 | Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs . |
| 3 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 4 | On this interpretation , all but the grimmest traffic jam seems better than waiting on a cold , wet platform for the train that does n't arrive . |
| 5 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 6 | Should treatment be withheld and the available donor organs donated to ‘ more suitable ’ patients or should such ill patients be actively treated while waiting for a suitable donor organ , thus leading to a potential increase in the number of stable patients likely to deteriorate while awaiting ‘ elective ’ transplantation ? |
| 7 | Up to the age of 39 he was one of that sad , nervous and obscure clan of people who scraped a living as a barrister while waiting for a distant relative to die and leave him an independent income . |
| 8 | The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break . |
| 9 | According to Le Monde of Nov. 22 the number of asylum seekers ( who came especially from eastern Europe ) had risen to 1,700 per month , and a new law to speed the processing of asylum applications stipulated that these should be processed within two months , after which an applicant recognized as a refugee could take up provisional residence while waiting for a definitive decision . |
| 10 | Another bomb fell and he was back in the gutter beside Peregrine , convinced that anything was preferable to being killed while waiting for an improbable train . |
| 11 | While waiting for the great day we watched nearly every match of the 1990 World Cup , particularly the progress of England and Ireland in the early rounds . |
| 12 | If , while waiting in the rush-hour queue at Sloane Square tube station , you chance to look up , you will see a large iron pipe . |
| 13 | Resolved not to do anything but wait like a good worker . |