Example sentences of "[verb] be wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industrial Light and Magic 's construction of a realistic creature made of water in The Abyss is the kind of job the ‘ synthetic reality ’ wing of the computer animation business has been waiting for . |
| 2 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 3 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
| 4 | The Blackrag Madonna , it appears , has been waiting for him . |
| 5 | It 's their last song , the one everyone has been waiting for , it 's their biggest hit — it 's a hysterical cock-up . |
| 6 | That game proved to be the turning point in the club 's fortunes , and although there have been too many false dawns already in a thus far unsuccessful return , maybe last night 's victory is the break Kendall has been waiting for . |
| 7 | IS THIS the dream ticket America has been waiting for — presidential hopeful Bill Clinton and superstar Barbra Streisand ? |
| 8 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 9 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |
| 10 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 11 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 12 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 13 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 14 | That news will come as a welcome relief to the authority , which has been waiting for more than three months for a reply from the Home Secretary . |
| 15 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 16 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 17 | Thus ( 15a ) presupposes that the person referred to by I has been waiting for news about someone whom he thought to be in danger , whereas ( 15b ) does not , and might be said rather by someone who is comparing himself with other people who do not know this fact . |
| 18 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 19 | For more than 2 years , Richard Goodsell , from Henley , has been waiting for an operation on an arthritic finger . |
| 20 | He has been waiting for his allowance since first putting in a claim for the new benefit on April 24 , more than six months ago . |
| 21 | Columbia 's payload has been waiting for a shuttle ride since nineteen eighty six . |
| 22 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 23 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 24 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 25 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 26 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 27 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 28 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 29 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 30 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |