Example sentences of "[subord] wait [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may happen sometimes that the patient may wish to end his life , rather than wait for death . |
| 2 | Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress . |
| 3 | When Luv opened at the Booth Theater in 1964 ( with Wallach , Jackson and Arkin ) , Walter Kerr over-enthusiastically claimed it was better than Waiting for Godot . |
| 4 | The replacement of worn-out parts during shut down , for example , is very much cheaper than waiting until failure in the middle of a production run . |
| 5 | In between minor television roles , in series like ‘ Divorce Court ’ , Jack took to practising script writing for a time , while waiting for work . |
| 6 | We are then taken on a tour of the factory while waiting for lunch . |
| 7 | He could n't afford another scandal while waiting for trial . |
| 8 | Coroner — Inquest — Duty to hold — Deceased having severe asthma attack — Deceased suffering cardiac arrest while waiting for ambulance — Post mortem showing death by natural causes — Possibility of delay in arrival of ambulance contributing to death — Whether reason to suspect that death ‘ unnatural ’ — Whether coroner 's duty to investigate death conflicting with rule against determining civil liability — Coroners Act 1988 ( c. 13 ) , ss. 8(1) , 11(5) — Coroners Rules 1984 ( S.I . |
| 9 | Paul Ride and Michael Wainwright made their plea while waiting for news of appeals to Iraq 's Supreme Court . |
| 10 | It appears that he had a recurring dream in which he was told , " Socrates , be an artist " , a command which he ignored at first , supposing that nothing could be a higher " art " than his own philosophizing , but eventually complied with by writing some poetry while waiting for death in prison . |
| 11 | ‘ While waiting for drama roles I did actually have to make ends meet in other ways such as selling advertising space . |
| 12 | While waiting for medicine to cure idiots , I have undertaken to see that they participate in the benefit of education . |
| 13 | While waiting in wind and rain to board a ship in Haifa the hapless passengers who included Haggard were hassled by a Turkish official : |
| 14 | Interviews with riot participants indicated bitterness at the media 's failure to highlight prior police-community relations : ‘ They do not show people being stopped and searched in their cars , in their homes and whilst waiting at bus stops ’ , one interviewee complained . |
| 15 | 3 Be intensely attentive when waiting for answer of imitation . |
| 16 | This can be useful during the occasional compulsory attendance at official Indonesian functions , or when waiting in government offices for filming permits to be granted ; but there have been dinner parties , at which he was the guest of honour , when he was actually thought to have died at table . |
| 17 | Then the students took turns doing such duties as waiting at table , washing up and cleaning the college steps . |
| 18 | Just as many experts advocate autumn pruning as waiting till spring — who is right ? |