Example sentences of "and wait for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If your flow of ideas dries up , return to your central idea and wait for a new thought . |
2 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
3 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
4 | The creatures of the open sea , then , live either in the plankton ; or live in the waters beneath and browse upon the plankton — or live upon the browsers ; or they live on the bottom , and wait for the planktonic manna to rain upon them from above ; or they feed on the creatures that feed upon the bottom . |
5 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
6 | Enjoy the ride down , let the wind fly through your hair , go with the flow , and wait for the big crash . |
7 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |
8 | Instead of waiting a matter of seconds for the lights to change , the hapless riders either remain in the saddle , take a chance when they see a gap in the traffic , or get off and wait for the green man . |
9 | They are doubly attracted when it is clear to them that any movement will be all one way , and where all they have to do is to bide their time and wait for the inevitable profits . |