Example sentences of "he waited for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night as he waited for a young man to find him a cab , I saw my chance . |
| 2 | He waited for a few seconds , but the noise did not repeat itself . |
| 3 | He waited for a few moments to compose himself , then left the court with his arm round his wife , Shirley , to face a large crowd of waiting reporters and cameras . |
| 4 | He waited for a full half an hour by his watch before he opened it . |
| 5 | A POLICEMAN was injured in his patrol car yesterday in an accident as he waited for a nuclear weapons convoy to pass through Glasgow , writes Alan Forbes . |
| 6 | As Hugh Paddick recalls , he waited for every possible noise that Ken could produce — and it went on and on — and then there was silence . |
| 7 | He waited for the other woman to finish what she was saying , and then smiled shyly at Loretta . |
| 8 | He waited for the first time Phillis was out , and scored the record . |
| 9 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 10 | His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response . |
| 11 | He waited for the inevitable question . |