Example sentences of "and wait for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he , Neil , was content to leave the house unwatched by day , and to spend his time looking at rocks on the broch island , then I could stay indoors with a clear conscience , and wait for the rainstorm to pass . |
| 2 | Many so-called estate agents merely place advertisements and wait for the telephone to ring , which is not a successful method , particularly in a poor market like this . ’ |
| 3 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll sit tight and wait for the storm to blow itself out . ’ |
| 5 | I had to be patient and wait for the tide to turn , ’ he said . |
| 6 | What Robbins has , very cleverly , done is to drop a match into the murky kerosene of American politics and wait for the explosion . |
| 7 | The flat unleavened bread recalls the haste of their departure ( no time to use yeast and wait for the bread to rise ) . |
| 8 | Do not bombard the water with groundbait and feed , but begin with the ‘ little and often ’ approach and wait for the fishing to develop . |
| 9 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 10 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 11 | It was only after they had peered into and groped about in what they felt certain was the right cave but found nothing that they decided to withdraw into the trees and wait for the dawn . |
| 12 | Many anglers arrive for a couple of days fishing and seem quite happy to bivvy up in one swim and wait for the zander to arrive . |
| 13 | Silent amid the crowd 's applause , they breathe deeply and steadily as they mount the bike , control the trembling of the hands and wait for the time-keeper 's ‘ Allez ! ’ |
| 14 | In fact , all a person would need to do in the middle of a Darkfall storm would be to remain calm , not touch anything — unless he or she is wearing gloves and wait for the effect to pass . |
| 15 | Agents were pondering whether they should n't ‘ hang on to thee rights , and wait for the time when they 're equipped to sell them , ’ as conference chairman Tony Feldman put it later . |
| 16 | Later , you pull up your pants and wait for the pain to go away . |
| 17 | If you are not sure you can cope , take an oven timer , turn it round to half a minute and wait for the bell to ring . |
| 18 | After that , I sit on our front step and wait for the ambulance . |
| 19 | Against this background of craters and devastated buildings people sit in the sun at cafes open again for a town which has nothing else to do but drink coffee and wait for the future . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | One person , on being informed that he has a life-threatening illness , will sit back in sad acceptance and wait for the end to come . |
| 22 | First the then the uniform , then you go and wait for the envelope to come through the door , and it did , reported us to Agricultural College for a month 's training . |
| 23 | Research shows that fire bells induce panic and confusion or , even worse , people ignore them and wait for the PA announcement to say that the bells were a false alarm and everybody can now go back to bed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 26 | On behalf of their inarticulate owners , these clothes say ‘ I 'm not playing ! ’ and then sit on the sidelines ( so you can see how upset you 've made them ) , and wait for the world to be nice . |
| 27 | and wait for the lift to come . |