Example sentences of "wait [prep] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in future we hope that , if anyone needs to have an up-to-date picture of the reserves in , say , Nova Scotia , they could just click it up on screen rather than have to wade through some hefty document or wait for someone to get back to them . ’ |
| 2 | She was staring straight past me , sitting very still , as though waiting for somebody to come out of the house . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not my intention to stay cooped up in here , waiting for them to go on with their little games . ’ |
| 4 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 5 | Cos he 'll eat them , he 'll be stood there waiting for them coming out of the blooming oven ! |
| 6 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 7 | Was he waiting for me to come in with him ? |
| 8 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 9 | ‘ You asked me what monks were , ’ he said , turning , waiting for her to catch up with him . |
| 10 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 11 | Sat waiting for it to come back to life . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's this fascinating gestation period between listening to something and waiting for it to come out in your playing . |
| 13 | He waited for me to get out of his sight , and then he worked his way down to Cuttle 's Bakery . |
| 14 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 15 | Marcus waited for him to climb back to his bunk . |
| 16 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 17 | When the first handful of rice hit the water they did n't dart to the surface , but calmly waited for it to sink down to them . |