Example sentences of "the [noun sg] wait for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 2 | We 've actually had a Delegates Conference in April and we meet the company in July and I do n't expect any sold the bread waiting for a massive increase in pay . |
| 3 | Or God forbid — down on the pavement waiting for a party of schoolgirls to tread on them ! |
| 4 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 5 | He was simmering down , or more exactly , getting a little tired as they stood on the sidewalk waiting for a street-car . |
| 6 | The Duke waited for a moment . |
| 7 | One cottage I stayed in without electricity or water saw 11 of us standing eagerly over a one-ring Calor gas burner in the morning waiting for a kettle to boil for coffee , when one of our party came into the kitchen , picked up the kettle and took it into the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 8 | The average wait for a routine appointment at our department 's outpatient clinic was eight months , with a further wait of two years for a prostatectomy . |
| 9 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 10 | Fifteen minutes later McKillop was in the street waiting for a bus that would take him to Westminster where he could get a connection down to Kennington . |
| 11 | However , it is not difficult to demand a speed of calculation beyond the performance of currently available microcomputers and teaching programs can easily provoke awkward pauses while the class waits for a calculation to be completed . |
| 12 | Her car was still in the garage waiting for a visit from the insurance assessor before work could start on it , but she did n't need it to get into town . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's one thing being in favour of a third umpire , as I am , but a little bit different when you are the batsman waiting for a verdict ! ’ |