Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat on the hard hall-stool beside the telephone , safe in the semi-darkness and waited for Dorothea and her friend Florence Ames who was a nurse , someone who would recognise her condition instantly , who would be on hand should emergency treatment be required , who was trained and capable . |
| 2 | The girl tapped Adam 's room number into the computer and waited for it to print out the bill . |
| 3 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 4 | I just hang round the entrance and wait for her . |
| 5 | They climbed one wall to get away from the car and waited for their eyes and ears to tune themselves to the darkness . |
| 6 | You could erm you could , you could stick it in like the bedroom and wait for someone to go in and have a shag |
| 7 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Philippe Bonard had emerged from the house and was greeting Iris and her group , now installed in the mini-bus and waiting for Gebrec to drive them . |
| 9 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 10 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 11 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 12 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 13 | You may all go out into the playground and wait for your parents to come and take you home . ’ |
| 14 | Resting his back against the tree , he switched off the flashlight and waited for his irises to expand before starting down the meadow . |
| 15 | Klepner stepped down from the podium and waited for questions and observations . |
| 16 | ‘ Get into the trap and wait for me . |
| 17 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 18 | I shuffled along behind Werewolf and whispered to him , ‘ Head for the Wood to the right and wait for me somewhere near that big conifer . ’ |
| 19 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 20 | It was this loco that regularly worked the 17.09 two coach local from Chesterfield to Sheffield in 1962 , and after school it was customary to go down to the station and wait for it to arrive light engine . |
| 21 | What I am saying ? she thought wildly , aware of the thumping beat of her heart , the tension in her whole body as she gripped the phone and waited for his curt reply . |
| 22 | I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something . |
| 23 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
| 24 | They reached the wall and waited for him to reappear . |
| 25 | Soon , Rob would take S-Sugar on to the runway and wait for clearance from the control tower . |
| 26 | Charlotte walked slowly onto the platform and waited for her train to pull in . |
| 27 | Corbett allowed Ranulf to slouch sleepily in the saddle and waited for Dame Agatha to draw alongside him . |
| 28 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 29 | The Doctor pressed his nose into the ground and waited for salvation or destruction . |
| 30 | As Matthew drew out the chair and waited for her to sit down , Donna said suddenly , ‘ My God ! |