Example sentences of "and wait for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 2 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 3 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 4 | If your flow of ideas dries up , return to your central idea and wait for a new thought . |
| 5 | The police had only recently organized a stake-out in a house just down the road , watching and waiting for a serial murderer to call in at his mother 's council flat to collect his laundry . |
| 6 | In contrast , Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Office were keeping tight-lipped and waiting for a final decision to be made known today or tomorrow . |
| 7 | It was a bit like sitting very quietly in a forest and waiting for a rare and timid wild animal to come out . |
| 8 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 9 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 10 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |