Example sentences of "and wait [prep] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this issue has not been the subject of legislation , nor previously been considered by this court or the House of Lords , and in such circumstances the alternatives are either to dismiss the appeal despite the relevance of article 10 and wait for Parliament to reconsider the state of the law ; or , as the courts have from time to time demonstrated their ability and willingness to do , venture into relatively unchartered waters and declare the present state of the law . |
| 2 | They have heavy bodies , and sit and wait for prey to come to them , striking with unerring accuracy and speed at any small mammal as it passes . |
| 3 | We save our energies and wait for pneumonia to get him first , is that it ? ’ |
| 4 | But is it not a fact in the real world that we prepare for war during peacetime by keeping our armed forces equipped and ready , rather than disbanding them and waiting until war breaks out before beginning to re-arm and train new forces ? |
| 5 | Ianthe realised from his triumphant expression that he had caught her out in a mistake and waited with resignation to hear what it was . |
| 6 | So we stayed where we were and waited with apprehension to see what would happen . |
| 7 | She curled up in her nest and waited for night to come . |
| 8 | Rogers and Lambert , Killion , Finlayson and Richards lay back and guffawed and waited for Woolley to do something abut it . |
| 9 | He said nothing and waited for Tolby to grasp the implications . |
| 10 | With his hands still covered in paint he lay down on the chilly sheets and waited for sleep to take his confusions away . |
| 11 | When that too was armed , he moved further forward , and waited for Mait to appear . |