Example sentences of "wait for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ai n't we going to wait for him ? ’ |
| 2 | She was happy to wait for him , certain that soon she would see him riding towards her . |
| 3 | She claims she has been forced to wait for him to call her from phone boxes . |
| 4 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
| 5 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 6 | As soon as the laundry maid told Topaz that the marquis was back , she had started to wait for him again . |
| 7 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 8 | Even if Madeleine were able to convince Aubrey that she loved him and was willing to wait for him , had he the moral right to ask her to do so ? |
| 9 | She was n't to wait for him if she had anything else to do . |
| 10 | So Pete and Diane left the rail and stepped out of the boat house into the mild spring air to wait for him . |
| 11 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 12 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 13 | As they neared the ruins of Arghuri , the Kurd indicated that Miss Logan was to wait for him while he investigated the village . |
| 14 | Towards evening I went to the doctor 's house to wait for him . |
| 15 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 16 | I turned back to the harbour to wait for him to go away . |
| 17 | She mounted the stairs , entered the captain 's sitting-room with its Turkey carpets and leather chairs , sat down , hands folded , mind folded , heart scarcely beating , by the fire to wait for him . |
| 18 | He had sent her , with Ned and the barmaids and Heaven knew how many others watching , to wait for him in his bed . |
| 19 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 20 | He asked Cranston to wait for him outside and went upstairs . |
| 21 | She ordered sandwiches and coffee and settled down in the lounge to wait for him . |
| 22 | I went out on to the landing to wait for him . |
| 23 | Conker raised his head warily , then decided to wait for him . |
| 24 | I stirred myself and went upstairs , and crawled under the duvet to wait for him . |
| 25 | Perhaps if My Lady were to wait for him tonight , there in the dark , he might recite some love poetry … a sonnet he has composed ? ’ |
| 26 | going down the right ? , five years old down the river was the first time ever but just have to wait for him ! |
| 27 | So I have to wait for him , come on . |
| 28 | I was a bit annoyed actually cos I even had to wait for him |
| 29 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did you wait for him ? ’ |