Example sentences of "and [adv] wait [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 2 | On the 4th , 10th and 14th , the atmosphere at home or at work could be rather tense , so hold tight and simply wait until the Sun , your ruler , is at perfect angles with Mars on the 19th , when you can anticipate a happy ending to one melodrama . |
| 3 | The Thatcher approach was to employ small teams to tackle specific problems or to issue a set of proposals , and then wait for the howls of |
| 4 | Washing a potato is only a small development from brushing earth off it , which is something all macaques do anyway ; but the separation of sand from wheat required Imo to throw away the food after she had picked it up , and then wait for the sand to sink , before she collected her food up again . |
| 5 | He says all they did was just put it in for storage and then wait for the police to call but the first he heard was on Monday . |
| 6 | Right well let's find one or two of these schemes that appear to have lapsed , send some letters to the names in the file , if we do n't get any positive response within a couple of months , let's go and take the signs down er and then wait for the squeals |
| 7 | While you 're waiting for the kettle to boil erm , get a cup from the cupboard and a tea bag from the tea jar , put tea bag in the the cup and then wait for the kettle to boil and o , once the kettle has boiled you put your hot water into the cup and le , and let the tea brew for a little while And then , after you let it brew you can either add milk to it or , do not add milk to it . |