Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was sent to the lost-luggage office to wait for its owner . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 3 | Holly and the majority were to travel , the old man waited for another transport to another destination . |
| 4 | The old Bishop waited for the little murmur of sympathetic approval that ran through the ranks , and they listened just as sympathetically as he rambled on into the usual pious platitudes that ended his eulogy . |
| 5 | Once in its launch position , the two-man crew waits for any orders to fire . |
| 6 | She was already getting fed up with the hospital , and could n't wait to take her twin boys back to the large nursery waiting for them upstairs in the medieval castle that was now the family home . |
| 7 | The advantages of being able to run baits out to any spot within range of your radio signal are obvious even to an objector and to sit on a reservoir bank as electro-man catches pike on free-lined herrings at 200 yards , whilst my weapon hangs limp in the still air waiting for a stiff breeze has been frustrating . |
| 8 | Controversy follows the rugby men around of course , but for the fans it 's carnival time , while the international team wait for England . |
| 9 | The late-night attack happened as the 25-year-old woman waited for help in her car on the M62 between Tingley and Lofthouse , near Leeds . |
| 10 | Yesterday members of the close-knit community huddled on the rain-lashed quay waiting for news of skipper Paul Masters , 24 , his cousin David Masters , 24 , and young crew member Peter Hope . |
| 11 | Thus the defensive fighter waits for you to attack and then counters as your technique is concluding . |
| 12 | Cecilia went down the steps at West Hampstead station and stood on the lefthand platform waiting for the train to come down from Kilburn . |
| 13 | The twins , David and Michael , had been prowling about in the front garden waiting for the sight of Belinda 's car , and as soon as she stepped out into the driveway and came up the path to the house they raced ahead of her inside to relay the news of her arrival , without even saying hello to her . |
| 14 | That 's all I 've been able to do all afternoon , sit here like bloody Mariana in the moated grange waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 15 | Rain recovered herself but not before Shildon , the only person waiting for the lift , had registered the scene . |
| 16 | when when you 're in in the fucking station waiting for the old train you 're on the front of the fucking platform . |
| 17 | The young man waited for Carter 's return to prison life , knowing that once he was back in control there would be a suitably messy reply . |
| 18 | But I had n't realised that there were extensive Roman ruins as well , and that the wide valley waited for archaeologists to dig deeper . |
| 19 | Robin 's mother Dorothy says , the four month wait for their trial in a Turkish prison has been a huge mental strain . |
| 20 | But the past year waiting for the auction has been very difficult . |
| 21 | The whole school waited for what was coming next . |
| 22 | It could be the Special Branch waiting for me . ’ |
| 23 | Am I to stick in my flat like bait — the tethered goat waiting for the tiger to pounce ? |
| 24 | As we filed out , Joy noticed ill-disguised interest on the faces of the undertaker and bearers of the next party waiting for their ceremony ( they do n't waste time in these places , and you may be penalized if you are late ) . |