Example sentences of "was wait for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way to change the Court was to wait for the justices ( of whom there were nine ) either to die or retire , and appoint replacements who would support the New Deal . |
| 2 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 3 | What he said was he was waiting for the government for better |
| 4 | I was that disgusted , I was waiting for the music . |
| 5 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 6 | She was waiting for the tide to turn . |
| 7 | It was a moonlight night and from 11pm Ted was waiting for the platelayers ' arrival as their company would liven his long shift . |
| 8 | Trent knew that Mariana was waiting for the hurricane to fall on them . |
| 9 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , I was waiting for the Norwich train to come in . ’ |
| 11 | He was waiting for the crowd to disperse from the grave so he could say his own private farewells when a respectable old lady with a blue rinse came up to him and said , ‘ You do n't remember me , do you , I 'm Mrs Flaherty . ’ |
| 12 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 13 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 14 | Such longings find expression in the Song of Mary ( Luke 1:46–55 ) , the prophecy of Zechariah ( Luke 1:68–79 ) , among Andrew , Simon Peter , Philip and Nathaniel as disciples of John the Baptist , who were encouraged by their self-effacing master to transfer their allegiance to Christ ( John 1:29–50 ) , by spiritually discerning Pharisees such as Nicodemus ( John 3:1–8 ) , and in the case of Joseph of Arimathea , a member of the Jerusalem Council , who ‘ was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God ’ ( Luke 23:50 , 51 ) . |
| 15 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 16 | The other had turned and was waiting for the Genoese , standing off on the landward side with her crossbowmen and hackbutters lining her port rail , fore and aft . |
| 17 | It 's like Tracey said with you 're I mean she did her gold star she was waiting for the letter to come through , Tracey . |
| 18 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 19 | I was waiting for the ambulance the ambulance just came |
| 20 | In fact he was waiting for the place , its calm and its unconcern , to make him feel better . |
| 21 | They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up . |
| 22 | Rather a lot of everything in tins , that 's why do n't know if my Mum was waiting for the invite today only I hope she 's I was n't bothered Oh that 's nice . |
| 23 | I was waiting for the bus . |
| 24 | He was waiting for the mountain rescue team to pick him up but we had no idea he was there and neither did anyone else . ‘ |
| 25 | The High Court in Edinburgh heard today that Graeme Ralph ( 16 ) was waiting for the Inverness-London sleeper at Falkirk Grahamston station when he saw a man throwing a trolley from a bridge . |
| 26 | As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation . |