Example sentences of "they waited for " in BNC.
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| 1 | STUDENTS carrying their luggage and books queued solemnly as they waited for lifts home yesterday morning , a day after the University of Zimbabwe had been shut down indefinitely . |
| 2 | The girls suffered agonies of exposure as they waited for them to reach their seats . |
| 3 | It was also free of DTI civil servants as he had quietly ascertained while they waited for their lunch to arrive . |
| 4 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 5 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |
| 6 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |
| 7 | As they waited for these to declare , the television lights in the club 's library lightly grilled nervous Liberal Democrats as the party 's organiser , Mr Des Wilson , discussed their prospects . |
| 8 | There was a pause while they waited for Michael Douglas to go in ahead of them , and then the door opened wide ; beyond was an incessant glare of flashlights , the roar of the crowd . |
| 9 | They waited for another thirty-six hours , but no further stragglers arrived . |
| 10 | They waited for the priest to pass along with the thin wafer of bread and while they did so their hands were like this , cupped and raised in a gesture that might be offering or receiving . |
| 11 | They waited for him to elaborate as he unbuttoned the side pocket of his tunic and took out his cigarettes . |
| 12 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 13 | As they waited for the casket to be hoisted on to the boat , Nathan noticed a preacher on the other side of the quay . |
| 14 | George nodded and motioned her to silence again ; although they waited for another quarter of an hour , it was a vain vigil ! |
| 15 | They spent their six-hour train journey drinking — and went into a pub for more while they waited for a connection . |
| 16 | FERGIE and her daughters had to mingle with ordinary travellers at Heathrow yesterday as they waited for her sister to arrive from Australia . |
| 17 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 18 | They waited for my comments , waited to see whether I would condemn their beliefs or laugh . |
| 19 | They waited for the moment when I might put myself beyond their pale . |
| 20 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 21 | They waited for him , and when his plate was clean , Mrs Carver , leaning towards him , said , ‘ Spotted Dick or rice ? ’ |
| 22 | The tour subsequently went ahead , but the Wallabies did n't let the grass grow under their feet as they waited for the ANC to make a decision . |
| 23 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |
| 24 | Monica asked Tweed the question while they waited for Newman to arrive . |
| 25 | The girlfriends and wives of the young officers were pretty , well-bred girls who leant over to each other and laughed a lot as they waited for the ceremony to start . |
| 26 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 27 | In great pre-dusk ‘ rafts ’ they waited for the sun to set ; or flew back and forth , veering from side to side . |
| 28 | All that afternoon they waited for the water to come . |
| 29 | They waited for two more days until Faele had recovered her strength and the winds had quietened . |
| 30 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |