Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun pl] wait for " in BNC.

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1 They are secure in their roles and the young are generally simply marking time until they step into the marriage shoes waiting for them .
2 ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell .
3 The tablecloth needed no stones to hold it down and all the plastic bags waited for Betty to put them in the master plastic bag she had brought for the purpose .
4 The volunteer evacuees wait for the cavalry .
5 The volunteer evacuees wait for the cavalry .
6 But then , instead of making a hasty retreat , they lurked around the airfield buildings to wait for the explosions .
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