Example sentences of "they [vb past] [coord] wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped and waited , dotted here and there about the slope . |
| 2 | They turned and waited silently as Jackie Tiptoe 's distinctive shape , looking in the queer light more than ever like a gargoyle escaped from a cathedral , made its way across the grass with a swift , hiccupping run . |
| 3 | They rang and waited , and after a full minute the door was opened by a man in his thirties , fair , clean shaven , medium height , and slim . |
| 4 | They worked and waited , singing their Ukrainian songs and writing their Ukrainian poems , nursing their history , and began over the years to drift into the city . |
| 5 | They waited and waited , but the boy did not appear . |
| 6 | They waited and waited . |
| 7 | ‘ They waited and waited . |
| 8 | A couple of summers back , a lot of new age disciples rushed off to remote mountain tops to await a momentous signal to occur They waited and waited for something exciting to happen . |
| 9 | Then they sat and waited . |
| 10 | They sat and waited in silence , listening to the scuffling of leaves that drew steadily nearer , until suddenly the bird stepped from nearby undergrowth into the clearing . |
| 11 | They sat and waited . |