Example sentences of "wait [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Greenford was in Middlesex and many was the night I spent in the pissing rain having walked to Acton Town station to wait for the first train home in the morning . |
| 2 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 3 | I shall just have to wait for the next Guinness Book of Records for the answer . |
| 4 | So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock . |
| 5 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 6 | I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train . |
| 7 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
| 8 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
| 9 | If an injury is serious i.e. where marked residual aspects claimed and/or lengthy absence from work involved , it is not advisable to wait for the third party solicitors to produce a Medical Report . |
| 10 | Rather than wait for the 28th CPSU congress due in July , as had been expected [ see pp. 37234-35 ] , a plenum of the CPSU central committee had given the party 's endorsement to the changes on March 11 . |
| 11 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 12 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 13 | At the same time , scientists are building computer models of ocean circulation but full three-dimensional models must wait for the next generation of powerful computers . |
| 14 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 15 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 16 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 17 | ‘ At the time I wanted to weep or murder somebody , but now — ’ he shrugged pragmatic shoulders ‘ — all I can do is wait for the next time . ’ |
| 18 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 19 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 20 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 21 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 22 | We ca n't wait until the next election . ’ |
| 23 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 24 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 25 | Maybe send them out rather than wait till the next meeting , aha |
| 26 | Those left out can wait till the next time , but a clever organizer will arrange the groupings so that , as different people come , there are few left out . |
| 27 | Still , ca n't wait till the next game . |
| 28 | Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu . |
| 29 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 30 | Or chortle and wait for the next T-shirt ? |