Example sentences of "wait for [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deng Xiaoping managed to stay alive and did not wish to wait for his own death before being given any credit . |
| 2 | All they had to do was sit back and wait for it all to fall apart . |
| 3 | Wait for it all to die down , do . |
| 4 | Carolyn smiled automatically and ducked her head down to study the seed packets , waiting for them all to start talking again . |
| 5 | If she had told Richard about Harry , and about Maurice 's dubious cargo , he would n't have had to lie in a pool of blood waiting for her own daughter to rescue him . |
| 6 | But , oh he 's quite happy , he 'll curl up in the back of a car , but when I come home and he goes so berserk if I 've left him at home , I know that he 's been watching and listening and waiting for me all that time . |
| 7 | Waiting for her this evening , as always . |
| 8 | I 've been waiting for him all my life . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you all this time , Jane , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm waiting for my own funds . ’ |
| 12 | My mother had a big spread waiting for us that evening When we got cleared up , and then it was time to report to the UDR base for patrol duty . |
| 13 | The like is waiting for us all , when God so designs . |
| 14 | While the Whitney waits for its own space to show works from its permanent collection , 97% of which is usually in storage , the museum has initiated a novel arrangement with the San Jose Museum in California . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel cross because I waited for you this morning and you did n't turn up . ‘ |
| 16 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |