Example sentences of "[adv] wait for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music might be shit , but life itself is fully equipped to deliver magic if you stick around long enough to wait for it . |
| 2 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 3 | " It 's a celebration , " said Nenna , coming up to the hatch , " they 're only waiting for you to come . |
| 4 | Life was a slow , blissful progress towards an unnamed but predecided climax which we both realized was there , only waiting for us to reach it . |
| 5 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 6 | He was still motionless , standing at the edge of the wood , perhaps waiting for them to leave . |
| 7 | Other may sit there stubbornly waiting for you to tell them what they are meant to do whilst making it abundantly clear that the session is hardly welcome , indeed is being conducted almost under duress . |
| 8 | In one corner of the clubhouse a group of children were obviously waiting for someone , and behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily . |
| 9 | Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping . |
| 10 | When she emerged some fifteen minutes later she found David dressed in sweatshirt and jeans , apparently waiting for her . |
| 11 | Satisfied , he knelt and cleansed his hands in a pool of salt water and walked back down to where the ferryman was patiently waiting for him . |
| 12 | Inside were a couple of benches , and several villagers were sitting patiently waiting for him , while an old man sat at the door smoking a smelly little pipe . |
| 13 | The horse blew great jets of steam from its nostrils as it stood on the towpath , patiently waiting for them to board . |
| 14 | All around them people sat on their boxes and held on to precious bundles , patiently waiting for whatever might happen next . |
| 15 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 16 | ‘ I sat patiently waiting for my buddy to join me , ’ Jinky continued . |
| 17 | After six miles and double that number of overtaking vehicles , a car drew up , patiently waiting for my embarrassing clumsy backpacking lurch to catch up with it . |
| 18 | They were merely waiting for me to say my part . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : Well , I believe she now only waits for you to drive her . |
| 20 | She obviously waited for me to prove myself an old toper , but I did not . |
| 21 | So I 'm ready , and content , and I 'll just wait for him . ’ |
| 22 | Afterwards , when told he had best wait for his bodyguard , Caledor replied that he could expect no better bodyguards than these hunters , and asked them to accompany him on his quest to the shrine . |
| 23 | I think I can easily wait for you here until that time . |
| 24 | Hello All right I wonder if you could ask him if he 'd like a coffee or tea and erm er er just wait for me . |
| 25 | ‘ The inspector in charge is going your way , just wait for him . ’ |
| 26 | Just wait for it . |
| 27 | Where as at the Stow the machine only costs five pounds and you do it , you just wait for it and so we 'd get these in two or three , but he 'd probably charge us a lot more along there , unless someone likes to enquire what he charges ? |
| 28 | The problem with Channel 5 is that it is not lying empty , like a new motorway just waiting for somebody to cut the ribbon . |
| 29 | It is a treadmill , but if an artist is n't prepared to do it , there are two or three hundred others just waiting for their chance . |
| 30 | The little card box with its pathetic collection of pre-written endearments , carefully labelled and dated in pencil , just waiting for their turn . |