Example sentences of "waiting for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was Mayall 's first Hollywood film and he should n't hold his breath waiting for a second chance . |
| 2 | Nicandra was standing waiting for a second turn at her reflection , her attitude a droop of pure unhappiness . |
| 3 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 4 | Together they were the opposite of women who will nod and nod as they pretend to listen to another , waiting for the first pause of breath to muscle in with the growing pains and glories of their own house , the impatience showing on their faces as they wait . |
| 5 | Horror-struck , she was rooted to the spot with terror , her eyes drawn to the top of the stairs , waiting for the first sign . |
| 6 | Sunday best pale and awkward teenagers , unsure and toughly giggly , sit around the central dance floor waiting for the first two or three to start dancing so that the rush can begin . |
| 7 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
| 8 | This policy has allowed the preparation of the Phoenix on data processing and computer science , for instance , which was published without waiting for the twentieth edition . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of the Wimbledon Dharjees , ’ went on Maisie , ‘ have been waiting for the Twenty-fourth Imam . |
| 10 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 11 | They left within two days of his release , leaving me tired , dazed , relieved and waiting for the Second Son to come ‘ home ’ for yet another week-end . |
| 12 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 13 | Then she turned again and started to walk away , waiting for the last stone to strike her . |
| 14 | As I write , he nods down at me from the wall beside my desk ; shining brass-reel in place , cast and flies still ready for action , waiting for the last trumpet to sound . |
| 15 | As we sat waiting for the last half-hour to grind away , the young Sheikh lifted the phone and telephoned his grandmother — his mother 's mother , not Sheikha Grandmother , who was still on her visit to her daughter . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 17 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 18 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 19 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 20 | It lay there on the dry cracked mud below the high water mark , waiting for the next tide to wet its bottom . |
| 21 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 22 | Mildred took her suitcase from the back of the broomstick which was hovering politely , waiting for the next command . |
| 23 | It is now under lock and key near her husband 's tomb , waiting for the next opening of the royal vault for her last repose . ’ |
| 24 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 25 | She stood on the stairs by the open window , waiting for the next stroke of the bell , waiting in fact for this sign of Ernest 's madness . |
| 26 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 27 | We sat in silence for a while , waiting for the next pain . |
| 28 | There they all are : working out the profit on their duty-free ; having more drinks at the bar than they want ; playing the fruit machines ; aimlessly circling the deck ; making up their minds how honest to be at customs ; waiting for the next order from the ship 's crew as if the crossing of the Red Sea depended on it . |
| 29 | She stirred the saucepan , waiting for the next assault , which did not come . |
| 30 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |