Example sentences of "not wait [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spadefoot , the intense competition among males for females means that some over-anxious males do not wait for the females to get into the pond but instead waylay them on the way to the breeding ground ; the pair then arrive at the pond already in amplexus . |
| 2 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 3 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 4 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 5 | Thereafter , I did not wait for the reappearance of the symptoms , but treated the tank every five to six weeks . |
| 6 | He did not wait for the servants to open the doors , but just pushed through into the entrance hall , and then into the great ballroom where a score of painters and upholsterers were finishing a long night 's work during which they had transformed the ballroom into a silk-hung fantasy . |
| 7 | London Transport did not wait for the delivery of the RM class buses and used the existing RT type for several years . |
| 8 | They did not wait for the masses to come to them , they followed the masses and sometimes they were even there first . |
| 9 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |
| 10 | The commercial marketplace , however , does not wait on the outcome of standards efforts , which are traditionally interminably slow processes . |
| 11 | Forby , I say that they will not wait in the town to let themselves be besieged . |
| 12 | But I am so worried now that I really would say , okay I 'll discuss it with Zain but let's not wait until the committee meeting , next committee meeting , let's do it as soon as we can . |
| 13 | ‘ They do n't know where the next win is coming from and they can not wait until the season finishes . |
| 14 | Obviously people do not wait until the end of the utterance before deciding on an interpretation . |
| 15 | The issue of prior approval for grant-aid is a vexed one but it does not wait upon the outcome of the EEC Structures Review in order to be resolved . |
| 16 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 17 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 18 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 19 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 20 | Ha Ha Ha I ca n't wait for the bullshit to flow as they try to explain away this one . |
| 21 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 22 | So do n't wait for the scratching to start . |
| 23 | He admitted last night : ‘ I ca n't wait for the players to find their feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 25 | Now if , do n't wait , if you know somebody has swallowed a poison whatever it is , get them to a hospital do n't wait for the signs and symptoms to appear , get them to a hospital . |
| 26 | LEVEL CROSSINGS — Many accidents take place at level crossings simply because people lose patience and do n't wait for the barriers to open . |
| 27 | The moral do n't wait for the ref 's whistle . |
| 28 | I think I 'll I 'll not wait for Er if nothing comes in the post tomorrow I wo n't wait for the conference centre to get in touch with me , I 'll write to them tomorrow and drop it in . |
| 29 | Ca n't wait for the dogs . |
| 30 | For the time being she was excused from her prop-room duties and she need n't wait for the curtain call . |