Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just hang round the entrance and wait for her . |
| 2 | You could erm you could , you could stick it in like the bedroom and wait for someone to go in and have a shag |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You may all go out into the playground and wait for your parents to come and take you home . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Get into the trap and wait for me . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Soon , Rob would take S-Sugar on to the runway and wait for clearance from the control tower . |
| 10 | It places it into a context of back in the 1930's when people would gather early in the morning and wait for the foreman to come along and pick out people who look suitable for work that day . |
| 11 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 12 | The ticket hall had one of those systems where you take a number from a machine by the door and wait for it to appear above one of the ticket windows . |
| 13 | Quinn told Sam to sit in the window of a café down the street and wait for him . |
| 14 | He is said to sink onto his knee on the track and wait for the train to end his life ; the train crews used to look out for the shadowy figure and shudder . |
| 15 | Sit in the house and wait for you coming ? |