Example sentences of "wait [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Bathsheba ran out of the house the previous night , Troy first replaced the coffin lid , then went upstairs to lie on his bed and wait miserably for the morning . |
| 2 | After the main course but before the pudding , her parents had decided that they could not afford to wait forever for the sunshine to break through . |
| 3 | He sat back , absent-mindedly doodling on a blotter , waiting wearily for the end . |
| 4 | The young man watched him very warily indeed , waiting only for the chance to be off . |
| 5 | I got out to the end of the runway first , applied my brakes and did my run-up and magneto checks , whilst waiting impatiently for the oil temperature to rise to the required degree . |
| 6 | The citizens on the pavements , waiting patiently for the parade to start , had something else to look at now . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the other seemed to have finished his duties and was waiting patiently for the movie-person to regain a most equitable composure . |
| 8 | Outside the dark woods and fields were silent as if waiting patiently for the approach of winter . |
| 9 | Maybe liberal reformism is something to be contemplated today , even by those waiting patiently for the revolution tomorrow . |
| 10 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |
| 11 | One day everyone was laughing and singing in the Delhi gardens , covering each other with pink powder and coloured Holi-water ; the next they had imprisoned themselves in the silent air-conditioned purdah of their bedrooms and offices , waiting patiently for the reprieve of evening . |
| 12 | I sat waiting patiently for the wedding to end . |
| 13 | Replacing the phone he stared at it for a moment , then glanced at Bodie , who was waiting apprehensively for the news from the hospital . |
| 14 | Calm and steady as a rock , the Pakistan captain just waiting here for the ball to come … ’ |
| 15 | She examined the cat slowly and carefully , not allowing herself to be distracted by the thought of Mr Miller waiting irritably for the vaccination cards or her future appointment with Dawn . |
| 16 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 17 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 18 | Waiting briefly for the lift he told himself that he was no more involved than he would be in any other case . |
| 19 | She glared at him , but Luke appeared unconcerned as he turned the car into the car park , stopping next to where her car was waiting forlornly for the garage to collect it . |
| 20 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 21 | Her face was a tragic mask , that of a woman who has sent all her sons to a war and waits hourly for the death telegram . |
| 22 | Anyone who drinks 2½ pints of beer or ½ bottle of wine and then drives a car is almost certainly breaking the law unless he waits patiently for the liver to reduce blood alcohol levels . |
| 23 | The Dana andrew had told me to wait here for the girl Trefusis had sent indream after me . |
| 24 | He and Liena conversed for a while before he announced his decision to wait there for the return of Tony and Ferdy ( the Germans ) , and Dave the American , asking me to take care of Liena on the way down . |
| 25 | Then I used to wait there for the Doctor , stop there and he used to , I used to pick him up and he 'd ride up the rough road till he got to his car . |
| 26 | An air of hesitancy had prevailed for most of the day as the City waited nervously for the Budget . |
| 27 | The columns for support and supply had been alerted long ago , the clansmen waited only for the signal , and his great seal on the writs his messengers carried would bring them out to join him like bees from a hive disturbed . |
| 28 | The case had attracted the attention of the world 's press and the public waited eagerly for the climax . |
| 29 | A crowd of Glaswegians waited patiently for the ferry . |
| 30 | The sky clouded , grew overcast and heavy , and they waited patiently for the rain to start in on them again , knowing they would be in the warmth of Ivrigar by nightfall . |