Example sentences of "[pron] wait for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 2 | Before I could comment , a nurse came to fetch her to see Harry , and she went anxiously , calling over her shoulder for me to wait for her ; and when she returned half an hour later she looked dazed . |
| 3 | She called to Hermione and Joanna and all the girls who had gone already along the paths she had rejected , called to them to wait for her and place their steady walking boots on solid earth to catch her . |
| 4 | ‘ Shall I wait for you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I wait for nothing ! ’ |
| 6 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 7 | He lingers over that and I wait for him to ask why I was visiting a Communist state . |
| 8 | But I wait for him to start it — and then I just finish it off . ’ |
| 9 | I wait for him to come back up but he does n't . |
| 10 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
| 11 | I wait for you to do that ; then I simply walk through the main hall , my empty suitcase in my hand . |
| 12 | ‘ I wait for you , like always . |
| 13 | No , I wait for you to put it down oh dear , dear , dear , you alright now ? |
| 14 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 15 | ‘ I must admit I find it hard to believe that you do n't have someone waiting for you . ’ |
| 16 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
| 17 | ‘ In the first innings , I waited for something to happen , and it did I was back in the pavilion for a duck ! |
| 18 | I remember , I waited for her in the waiting room . |
| 19 | I waited for her to erupt as the ear-splitting entourage drew level . |
| 20 | I waited for her to say something else , but she did n't , so I asked to speak to Toby . |
| 21 | I waited for her to speak of peas , but she had no need . |
| 22 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
| 23 | I waited for her to try to scream again , readying myself to leap upon her and bear her down . |
| 24 | I waited for what , I swear , was another hour before the door opened and in came a man wearing a mask and gloves . |
| 25 | I waited for her letters , and wondered what new things she was learning . |
| 26 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |
| 27 | I waited for him to go on , but Reid said nothing more and it left a moment of awkward silence between us . |
| 28 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 29 | I went out after the thief , I waited for him to return , and God pity me , I killed that innocent man ! ’ |
| 30 | In the silence that followed I waited for him to continue . |