Example sentences of "a [noun sg] and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she sat with a whisky and waited for Constance 's call , she listened to the autumn wind tugging at the corners of the austere house . |
| 2 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 3 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 4 | It was a bit like sitting very quietly in a forest and waiting for a rare and timid wild animal to come out . |
| 5 | If Jennie ordered baths to be taken it was William who escorted them , gave them soap and a towel and waited for them to come out . |
| 6 | He would just have to play along for a while and wait for an opportunity . |
| 7 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 8 | If you are not sure you can cope , take an oven timer , turn it round to half a minute and wait for the bell to ring . |
| 9 | ‘ During the first walk we saw a weka , but the second time was much more exciting because we sat on a log and waited for a kiwi to return to its nest . ’ |
| 10 | Cainer , based near York , also claimed that Paddy Ashdown would be Foreign Secretary in a hung Parliament , there 'd be proportional representation by mid-1993 , Kinnock would quit within a year and wait for it there 'll be another election . |