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Example sentences of "waited for [art] " in BNC.

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1	As Hugh Paddick recalls , he waited for every possible noise that Ken could produce — and it went on and on — and then there was silence .
2	One night as he waited for a young man to find him a cab , I saw my chance .
3	As the government exceeded its monetary targets and unemployment soared , so critics in 1980 and 1981 waited for a U-turn , or a change in economic strategy .
4	Attlee , Macmillan , Wilson , and Callaghan often waited for a policy line in Cabinet discussion to emerge before committing themselves .
5	But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo .
6	A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle .
7	Settling himself in one of the big , shabby armchairs , Tug gazed suspiciously at the television screen and waited for a picture to appear .
8	She waited for a rebuke .
9	Other locals , not directly involved with the gangs , but basking in the glory and the protection bought rounds of drinks or waited for a chance to join in the conversation .
10	Trent waited for a squall to hit , then moved fast , dropping to the ground and crawling the last few yards .
11	She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship .
12	There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure .
13	He waited for a few seconds , but the noise did not repeat itself .
14	To get started on the making of the wine you needed three or four bees which were freely available from friends or neighbours , you filled a jam jar with water to about half an inch from the top , added two desert spoonfuls of sugar , placed the ‘ bees ’ on the water , covered with muslin and waited for a fortnight .
15	Yanto waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath .
16	The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time .
17	Having marched from Inverness along the side of Loch Ness he waited for a day in the hope that more pack-horses would turn up , but when none were forthcoming left behind most of his supplies and provisions , though his men were still heavily burdened as they crossed the mountains in search of the enemy ; roads in the Highlands , and local sources of supply , were almost non-existent .
18	It was the kind of place where you waited for a bus that never came .
19	Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus .
20	He waited for a fortnight after the heavy snowfall of late November and still nothing appeared to have been said with regard to Sarah 's move to Leeds .
21	He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus .
22	They spent their six-hour train journey drinking — and went into a pub for more while they waited for a connection .
23	The 27-year-old , from Hornsey , north London , died in hospital after being attacked as he waited for a train with his brother at Finsbury Park Tube station .
24	While the prophetic people waited for a great military leader , and the Dark Power scoured the skies for signs of a cosmic invasion , God slipped into the world almost unheralded .
25	We waited for a while as he shovelled coal and filled his boilers .
26	She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling .
27	She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom .
28	Brownlow waited for a moment , made an extra note .
29	He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head .
30	They travelled up the goods line from Blackburn waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction , got onto the long drag and worked up to the summit .