Example sentences of "[pers pn] waited a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I waited a couple of days . |
| 2 | I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead . |
| 3 | I waited a moment while Lord Darlington returned his attention to Who 's Who . |
| 4 | I said ‘ No , ’ but I waited a little longer than the usual month before leaving to soften the blow for both of us . |
| 5 | Closing my eyes , thinking that it might be either the sun or the Pernod , I waited a few seconds and chanced another look . |
| 6 | I waited a thousand years for my introduction , then the curtains opened and I found myself centre-stage . |
| 7 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 8 | I waited a little and after weighing it in my mind continued , ‘ They think if they 're not shot at once , then they will be when they 're no longer useful . |
| 9 | I waited a while , hidden in the shadows , watching the convent settle for the night . |
| 10 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , ’ she waited a second . |
| 12 | She waited a few seconds for any sounds that might tell her that her mother was in there but out of her range of sight . |
| 13 | She waited a few moments then turned into East 48th Street , still pretending to look in the shop windows as she walked . |
| 14 | She waited a minute , then started to climb the smoothly polished , oak stairs , but stopped half-way up . |
| 15 | She waited a minute , then said , ‘ Do you understand what I 've told you ? ’ |
| 16 | She waited a long time ; so long , she must have fallen asleep , for the next thing she knew the room was in darkness , and Connor was in bed beside her . |
| 17 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 18 | She waited a moment longer , then knocked again . |
| 19 | She waited a few moments longer , and then she said , ‘ Well ? ’ |
| 20 | She waited a long time in a small office , but after an hour a policeman came into the room . |
| 21 | It was worth more than £1 to her to see the child 's face ; and again as she watched from beyond the crowd — for she waited a little once she got free of the press . |
| 22 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 23 | She waited a moment and , when Robyn did n't reply , added quietly , ‘ You 'd tell me if something was wrong , would n't you ? |
| 24 | She waited a few seconds and shouted louder . |
| 25 | She waited a few moments then rang the bell again , and this time the door opened with maddening slowness . |
| 26 | She waited a moment and , as she saw light dawn on the other woman 's face , she started to think that they were getting somewhere . |
| 27 | By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother . |
| 28 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 29 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 30 | We waited a very long time in growing unease . |