Example sentences of "[adv prt] and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However little time I spend at the front they do n't come in and get on with something , they come in and wait for me . |
| 2 | Visitors for the school or Matthew could press either of the little buttons marked Inquiries above their names and step right in and wait for attention . |
| 3 | And he knew that this was the keyhole for his wondrous delicate key , and with a little sigh he put it in and waited for what should ensue . |
| 4 | Perhaps she would say : ‘ Jack is not at home , but you are welcome to come in and wait for him . |
| 5 | Shrugging her superb shoulders , Comfort sat down and waited for his explanation . |
| 6 | If you can not be sure of handling the glider safely , turn it out of the wind , hold the wing down and wait for help . |
| 7 | They 're not like coarse fish , Jo , perch , or roach or whatever in the river , if you catch them , they just sort of , lie down and wait for you . |
| 8 | I would have enjoyed them even more had I not been about to faint every ten yards , but I was in far too bad a mood to tell my colleagues to slow down and wait for me . |
| 9 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 10 | I 'll go down and wait for him , so he wo n't have to ring " |
| 11 | Roy , 62 , said : ‘ We were fed up sitting down and waiting for people . |
| 12 | Steve looked up from the menu he was drooling over and waited for her to go on . |
| 13 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 14 | And I said well were on our way out so she said alright , were hang on and wait for you to arrive at seven and then I 'll take the rest back . |
| 15 | He may have believed , and was encouraged to think , that the Communist party would win the coming election in France and form , or at least be made part of , a new government ; and the Russian advice seems to have been to hold on and to wait for ‘ democratic France ’ and its ‘ progressive forces ’ to support the cause of colonial liberation . |
| 16 | I better back off and wait for another day . ’ |
| 17 | Instead of waiting a matter of seconds for the lights to change , the hapless riders either remain in the saddle , take a chance when they see a gap in the traffic , or get off and wait for the green man . |
| 18 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 19 | We thought we 'd just come back up and wait for it , have a little more fun . ’ |
| 20 | Stand up and wait for silence . |
| 21 | Go up and wait for me . ’ |
| 22 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 23 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 24 | I polished off the lager , put my feet up and waited for the editorial meeting . |
| 25 | I stood looking down a flight of seven stairs in my Afro wig , custom-built frock and charm bracelet , listening to the band tune up and waiting for my intro . |
| 26 | There 's a table all set up and waiting for the dinner meeting . |
| 27 | Cornelius woke again to find the world up and waiting for him . |
| 28 | Well I appreciate you deny it because er you said in answer to my friend that erm as I am required by rules to put it , er I do put to you that yes , you did have a shotgun , perhaps erm borrowed from one of the officers , yes you did put it to Mr head and you did tell him to er er shut up and wait for C I D. |
| 29 | When a taxi-driver took the band to the wrong side of town earlier in the day , the Franks simply sat on a nearby wall , chilled out and waited for ‘ someone else ’ to panic and discover their whereabouts . |
| 30 | A few moments later two others came out and waited for them . |