Example sentences of "back and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the victim is not edible the reptile quickly slithers away into hiding , but if it is a suitable prey it simply sits back and waits for the animal 's agonies to cease . |
| 2 | Ziggurat Stardust : Alex Paterson lies back and waits for lift-off |
| 3 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 4 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 5 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 6 | That was precisely what women had done in the past — sit back and wait for men to make the running . |
| 7 | I think Leeds function as a better team without him playing , when he does play I get the feeling that the other players sit back and wait for him to produce the move that will lead to the scores . |
| 8 | As a practical measure , keep a full record of all jobs that you apply for and the responses that you receive to show that you have not simply sat back and waited for the money to roll in . |
| 9 | So , with flight planning filed , mostly mentally , I sat back and waited for the weather to give me a perfect day . |
| 10 | She stepped back and waited for him to comment on her dress . |
| 11 | The DDA sat back and waited for the Exec Director to continue . |
| 12 | With Lithuania not given a snowball 's chance , Lansdowne Road sat back and waited for the avalanche … and waited … and waited . |
| 13 | They much appreciate the work being done by Mrs Doyle , but they are not in a walk of life where they can sit back and wait for better times . |
| 14 | Such is the relief of producing the final report that there is a great temptation to sit back and wait for congratulations . |
| 15 | ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’ |
| 16 | But a king could not simply sit back and wait for people to come to him . |
| 17 | Let's go back and wait for better weather . ’ |
| 18 | I could sit back and wait for him to break through media censorship . |
| 19 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 20 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 21 | The explanation has to be that the company shot itself in the foot by announcing the Sparcsystem 10 machines with such a long lead time , many would-be customers are holding back and waiting for them , and that things will not really start to pick up until those start shipping around September time — which suggests that dullness will continue for the current quarter . |
| 22 | It 's then a matter of sitting back and waiting for the calls ! |
| 23 | We 've got to be pro-active about this , it 's no good simply sitting back and waiting for whatever government is in power , to impose certain regulations , certain restrictions , certain proposals . |
| 24 | ‘ We take the view it is better to get a partly complete story with a whisper of opportunity and get it to one or two key companies quickly so they can get out there , rather than sitting back and waiting for a nicely tailored account of what is going on which , by the time we get it to them , will be history rather than opportunity , ’ he explains . |