Example sentences of "of [noun sg] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All our lives , we shall know that behind the veils of the transcendent is a world of freedom waiting for us , with its meadows of delight . |
| 2 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 3 | But the Hall of Light faded , and the impression of great elegance and immense silence and a drifting unfamiliar scent faded , and he was falling forward and there was some kind of cell waiting for him , and this was surely the end of everything , and this was surely all he could ever expect anywhere in the entire world … |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll see your mum has a nice cup of tea waiting for you ’ |
| 5 | If she had told Richard about Harry , and about Maurice 's dubious cargo , he would n't have had to lie in a pool of blood waiting for her own daughter to rescue him . |
| 6 | When she returned she found a letter of dismissal waiting for her and a cheque for payment in lieu of notice . |
| 7 | He had an enjoyable job of work waiting for him , and asked for no more than that . |
| 8 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 9 | and boys of Theatre-land waited for their |
| 10 | He had a dozen men on the other side of town waiting for him . |
| 11 | She realised he must be going through some kind of hell waiting for the rime when he could let all his suppressed urges out . |
| 12 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 13 | One of the stated aims of Working for patients is the reduction of length of time waiting for treatment . |
| 14 | Let's see if the murderer left any trace behind , if he stood here any length of time waiting for his man . ’ |