Example sentences of "wait for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without . |
2 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
3 | There was a row of five chairs where people sat to wait for their turn . |
4 | They were closely followed by the children who settled down to wait for their treasure trove . |
5 | Accepting shareholders will have to wait for their cash for that period . |
6 | TWO Liverpool cousins who have become the first prison visitors awarded damages after a search ordeal will have to wait for their cash , following a Home Office decision to appeal against the award . |
7 | They usually had to wait for their father to come home to decipher Davide 's news aloud to them . ) |
8 | To wait for their enemy , the ordinary people of Famagusta had made their way to the heart of the city , where the Cathedral soared like a vast triangled reliquary , flanked by princely buildings and faced , across the piazza , by the handsome , doorless shell of the Palace . |
9 | ‘ We now have to wait for their report . ’ |
10 | ‘ We now have to wait for their report . ’ |
11 | Sir Leon said there was no need for the United Kingdom to wait for its inflation rate to reach the European average before joining the exchange rate mechanism , nor to hold back until the further removal of capital and exchange controls next summer . |
12 | It was sent to the lost-luggage office to wait for its owner . |
13 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
14 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
15 | His kiss was leisurely as if they had all the time in the world to explore each other , and he could afford to wait for her response , confident in his own powers of arousing it . |
16 | to wait for her midwifery to come through and then er they 've closed that |
17 | Equally , Penny remains on one level as a deluded fantasist who believes , very like an Iranian woman , that a wife 's duty is to wait for her husband 's return from the wars . |
18 | It sounded like a question , but he had never intended to wait for her answer . |
19 | Then , without bothering to wait for her answer , he had swung round again and was heading imperiously for the group of gold-brocade-covered armchairs that stood in the curve of the huge bay window , overlooking the sun-burnished waters of Loch Lomond . |
20 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
21 | No you have to wait for your lunch . |
22 | I think though , your lamp you 're gon na have to wait for your lamp because that 's but you can have your desk |
23 | You 've got to wait for your money have n't you ? |
24 | ‘ You 'll have to wait for your supper tonight , ’ announced the old girl . |
25 | If you are selling a house and buying another one , you may find yourself in a position where you have to wait for your purchaser to complete , whereas your new home is ready . |
26 | individual , reliable appointment times which minimise the time you have to wait for your consultation and for any tests resulting from it ; |
27 | Ah , yo you 've got to wait for your cup of tea erm , they 've sort of gone a bit cold . |
28 | That list is sent in the er assignment pack to the estate agent to wait for your arrival . |
29 | When we said a rather overwhelmed no thank you , he directed us to the V.I.P.lounge to wait for our flight — cream leather armchairs free tea , coffee or soft drinks , sandwiches , cakes and more free newspapers . |
30 | Magwitch was taken to prison to wait for his trial . |