Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] wait [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat was bewildered , unable to understand why Eileen could not wait to be married from home , but by the next post Maureen and Anne received ecstatic letters from her and tried to reconcile their father to the idea of the wedding . |
| 2 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 3 | I could n't wait to be fourteen and be free of the place . |
| 4 | I could n't wait to be issued with a uniform as I stood out in my civilian clothes , which were much nicer than anybody else 's . |
| 5 | ‘ Last time she could n't wait to be rid of us . |
| 6 | Meet the babies who could n't wait to be born |
| 7 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 8 | He maddened me , yet I could n't wait to be with him . ’ |
| 9 | He dumped her unceremoniously — as though he could n't wait to be rid of his burden , she thought . |
| 10 | HAVE-A-GO hero Darren Dyer just could n't wait to be a fireman . |
| 11 | I would n't wait to be told . ’ |
| 12 | WHY I CA N'T WAIT TO BE A DAD ! by SIMON MAYO |
| 13 | Ryle says of ‘ the elusive concept of I ’ : ‘ Like the shadow of one 's own head , it will not wait to be jumped on . |
| 14 | Children can not wait to be a year older ( ‘ I am five and three-quarters ’ ) , adolescents dream of marriage and careers , and people experiencing pressures of midlife may look forward to retirement and grandparenthood . |
| 15 | Gazza can not wait to be one of them again . |