Example sentences of "waited [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He withheld the signal until the range was close enough to be deadly , and the stocky Welsh ponies were stretching their frenzied necks and rigid nostrils for the impact , and then flung up his arm , and waited for the tremendous thrumming in the air , that maddening , intoxicating sound like a thousand wild geese all taking flight at once . |
| 2 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 3 | ‘ What do you mean ? ’ she demanded angrily as they waited for the ancient lift to grind its way up from below . |
| 4 | He waited for the other woman to finish what she was saying , and then smiled shyly at Loretta . |
| 5 | ‘ Why two rooms ? ’ asked Billie as they waited for the slow-moving lift to ascend to the third floor . |
| 6 | I felt frightened as I waited for the mysterious man . |
| 7 | He turned on the shower and waited for the hot water to flow through so that he could adjust the temperature . |
| 8 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 9 | After Theo had gone , Vincent waited for the right moment to break his own news to Sien . |
| 10 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 11 | Another group of prisoners , themselves surrounded by guns and dogs , waited for the slow column to clear the road so that they themselves could pass on . |
| 12 | Gathering her courage together , she descended from the gig and waited for the old man to precede her across the porch . |
| 13 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 14 | The old Bishop waited for the little murmur of sympathetic approval that ran through the ranks , and they listened just as sympathetically as he rambled on into the usual pious platitudes that ended his eulogy . |
| 15 | She waited for the unpleasant tingling on the back of her neck to go away and bother somebody else . |
| 16 | The Mother waited for the straggling child to catch up with her , and then she bent down , shouted something to it right up close against its face , and then hit it hard across the face with the back of her right hand . |
| 17 | I polished off the lager , put my feet up and waited for the editorial meeting . |
| 18 | He waited for the inevitable question . |
| 19 | In opposition , they likewise shifted right ( Britain ) or , if they started nearer the centre ( Germany ) , just waited for the inevitable disillusionment with conservatism to set in . |
| 20 | Athelstan waited near the baptismal font . |
| 21 | Müller arrived ahead of him by twenty minutes and waited in the private room at the back . |
| 22 | We all filed out of the church , leaving Queen Margaret with her shadows whilst we waited in the warm autumn sunshine . |
| 23 | Another reason for the prominence of And waited in the above example is that it repeats verbatim information that has already been established in the previous sentence . |
| 24 | Reynolds waited in the small office that Diane appeared to share with four others ; after the windowless basement it seemed almost palatial . |
| 25 | We waited in the dark hold for an hour , then two . |
| 26 | Timekeepers waited in the heavy rain for the teams to pass , a doctor sat in his tent for potential patients and a journalist from the French daily sports paper L'Equipe sat with a telephone plastered to his ear filing a story to Paris . |
| 27 | The next Lady Deverill nodded for Rosie to fetch the doll down , which the nursemaid did , while everyone else waited in the growing silence . |
| 28 | All waited in the growing light , their faces and hands silver , the stones grey . |
| 29 | Viscount Nigel-Constantine and the elderly Bishop Hugh of Lisieux waited until the agreed time and took ship , with decorum and in an atmosphere of surprising goodwill . |
| 30 | Then came a day of snow showers , and she did not want to drive and waited until the late afternoon while Magnus sat and whined by the door . |