Example sentences of "she wait for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart .
2 I chat with her while she waits for the tub to fill .
3 She waited for a second , hoping Marek would turn and catch her eye .
4 She waited for a response , but Pascoe just nodded .
5 She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’
6 She waited for a rebuke .
7 She waited for a while , then she undressed and climbed into bed , the coat thrown over the top to add extra warmth .
8 Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again .
9 Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child .
10 She waited for a family to pass by , eating ice-creams , then she said , ‘ Cameron , I 've no intention of leaving William . ’
11 She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship .
12 She waited for a moment longer , to worry the hijacker .
13 She waited for a moment , and then said , ‘ Kee , Mr Kee .
14 She waited for a moment .
15 She waited for a reply .
16 A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle .
17 He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus .
18 She waited for a pleasure-craft to go by , so there was no chance that its engines would drown her voice .
19 She waited for a gap in the traffic and scurried across the road .
20 She waited ; it seemed she waited for an eternity .
21 HOSPITAL officials have pledged to investigate allegations that a 90-year-old patient was not properly cared for while she waited for an operation .
22 She waited for the phone to ring at the other end .
23 Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night .
24 ‘ I had to make a guess this morning , ’ she told Alina , glancing back over her shoulder from the Cona machine as she waited for the water to run down through the filter .
25 While she waited for the water to come to the boil she put on her boudoir cap to conceal the steel haircurlers ( dragon 's teeth through the night but never mind that ) , and her Jaeger dressing-gown ( which cost the awful sum of £5 ) , and set forth for her regular deliverance on the lavatory .
26 But shame was there in vast amounts as , sleepless , she waited for the night to pass .
27 Nothing seemed to penetrate Violet 's consciousness as she waited for the fight to start .
28 Gripping a hand rail , she waited for the door of the air lock to open .
29 Hiding in the hedge a safe distance from the truck , she waited for the man to appear .
30 So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last .
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