Example sentences of "[be] wait for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at the minute , we 're waiting for some bits for this should be in today . |
| 2 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're waiting for more evidence . |
| 4 | Meanwhile they 're waiting for another summons to pop through their door . |
| 5 | Well , we 're waiting for these lot . |
| 6 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 7 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 8 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
| 9 | It was as if Chambers bad been waiting for this admission . |
| 10 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 11 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 12 | How long have you been waiting for this car , a while have n't you Spen ? |
| 13 | As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan . |
| 14 | We , the readers of the narrative , have been waiting for this moment ever since the concluding words of the book of Numbers : ‘ These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho . ’ |
| 15 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 16 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 17 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 18 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 19 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 21 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 22 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 23 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 24 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 25 | It says around 300 people are waiting for such accommodation equivalent to ten new schemes . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak . ’ |
| 27 | She would be waiting for that moment . |
| 28 | The sisters did not look shocked or sad , but seemed to be waiting for more information . |
| 29 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 30 | IBM was waiting for this decision and quickly became more aggressive at home and abroad . |