Example sentences of "[conj] i waited for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 2 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 3 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 4 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 5 | ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’ |
| 6 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 7 | for two days Signe and I waited for Harvey Newbegin to return . |
| 8 | If I waited for a hundred years , if I devoted my life to fasting and asceticism and scholarship as the Druids do , still it would make no difference . |
| 9 | I know it 's risky — a lot more risky than if I waited for Yukio to finish programming the starpod — but I just need to get away for a while , by myself , and think . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel cross because I waited for you this morning and you did n't turn up . ‘ |
| 11 | While I waited for my hamburger to grill , the proprietor offered to photograph me , with my own camera , fondling a chameleon . |
| 12 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 13 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 14 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 15 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 16 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 17 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 18 | Another three weeks passed as I waited for the reassuring ‘ chit ’ . |
| 19 | I felt frightened as I waited for the mysterious man . |
| 20 | Duck or diver , it had dived , and , though I waited for long minutes , it did not appear again . |