Example sentences of "wait [prep] [art] right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something .
2 The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it .
3 His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand .
4 ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola .
5 He would wait for the right moment .
6 ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise .
7 ‘ I make big scenes for fun , because I adore drama , but I can also wait ten years , wait for the right moment to come .
8 She says she 's still waiting for the right man . ’
9 ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’
10 He only sipped : tense , waiting for the right opening .
11 Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along .
12 Kept in touch with him , waiting for the right occasion to use him .
13 He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago .
14 Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road
15 Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one .
16 Then nearly five more , waiting for the right time — God 's time to come out .
17 But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago .
18 The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds .
19 John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time .
20 Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment .
21 Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth .
22 Huy had delayed telling Merymose about Surere , waiting for the right moment to come .
23 I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’
24 I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise .
25 Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale .
26 So it was a question of waiting till the right moment .
27 With this in position he waits for the right moment to switch through the distance shot film of the city , coupled with the live action inlay of the characters .
28 Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition .
29 After Theo had gone , Vincent waited for the right moment to break his own news to Sien .
30 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 .
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