Example sentences of "[adv] wait for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 2 | Her parents exchanged glances , looks that seemed to remember a long wait for a first and , as it turned out , an only child . |
| 3 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 4 | Just wait for a few days , and you will see . |
| 5 | It was much more the sheer vitality and range of committed ability , lay and clerical , present in the Church at that time and just waiting for a new lead . |
| 6 | By the evening we were lined up with our small bundles , hopefully waiting for a returning plane , when we spotted some of our nice soldiers from Maymyo . |
| 7 | Further details will reach you just as soon as they reach us … we 're STILL waiting for a finished version of Hook , ‘ coz we refuse to write full reviews from pre-production , half-finished disks ! |
| 8 | We 're still waiting for a green form extension to grant t t to be granted |
| 9 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 10 | Jack watched the guard dialling and then waiting for a nerve-stretching length of time . |
| 11 | The experimenter then waits for a certain amount of time and repeats the experiment to see how well the rat has remembered what it has to do . |