Example sentences of "wait [prep] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It stops INTERRUPTIONS If you take turns in listening to each other you will wait for the other person to finish before you come in .
2 Chen looked past Axel momentarily , lifting his chin , indicating to Wang Ti that she should wait in the other room , then he looked back at Axel , his face creased with concern , his voice suddenly softer , more sympathetic .
3 And he would sit and wait on the other side for someone to come and pick him up when he was coming home . ’
4 You wait for the other side to post their part back to you on your client 's purchase , thereby leaving you with the initiative to complete the exchange procedure on your client 's sale , and this you should do immediately .
5 ‘ Feed him cotton wool sandwiches and wait at the other end ! ’ said the vet .
6 I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled .
7 Each army , it seemed , lay in its own sodden , rat infested dug-outs for days , sometimes months , waiting for the other side to make a move .
8 There was usually some man waiting on the other side of the hole , like some sea creature waiting to grab its prey , and after I had settled on the seat , there would be a significant pause .
9 Cope confidently and calmly with whatever is waiting on the other side of it .
10 She went bright red when she came out of her house and saw us all waiting on the other side of the road for her .
11 There had been a cancellation so two seats would be available on a Tarom flight five days hence with a Romanian Automobile Club hire car waiting at the other end .
12 But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel .
13 He waited for the other woman to finish what she was saying , and then smiled shyly at Loretta .
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