Example sentences of "wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the reverse of that , wrote Harsnet , the feeling that all we have already felt and seen and heard has yet to happen , is so far only a dream , a fantasy , and the sense , he wrote , that this may be a feeling we experience again and again throughout our lives , that the elements of experience have failed to catch on to the glass of our lives , or that the glass is there and waiting for the experience to be registered , that it can wait for ever , for it does not know the meaning of time . |
| 2 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 3 | My plan was to sit around and wait for one of the parish team to appear and then to ask them for their advice . |
| 4 | So do n't wait for the scratching to start . |
| 5 | Why wait for horses ? |
| 6 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 7 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 8 | If Raskolnikov was to have mounted an assault of something like Grand Inquisitor proportions , if he was to have expatiated on the whole God business not being worth the pain of one misused child , then the time was n't ripe ; we must wait for Ivan Karamazov . |
| 9 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 10 | ‘ Private Eye ’ must wait for decision over libel retrial |
| 11 | An official I spoke to said there were no staff to take the train on and we had to leave and wait for another to come along . ’ |
| 12 | The Republic of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 , but Hungary 's draw with Spain means Jack Charlton 's team must wait for the arithmetic to be resolved . |
| 13 | You could almost stand and wait for a horse to deliver . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you wait for him ? ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 16 | He 's nice like that , is Peter — you know , he do n't wait for me to ask — he just says ‘ Make yourself at home , Billy ’ or ‘ Have a look at this , ’ or ‘ Guess where I got this ? ’ |
| 17 | I could n't wait for the pictures to come out , I was so excited to see them . |
| 18 | They say we must wait for science to provide that proof . |
| 19 | How the wind affects the ocean and modifies the heat exchanged with the atmosphere is not well understood , but is of paramount importance to weather forecasters who can not wait for ERS-1 to begin operations . |
| 20 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 21 | At the same time , scientists are building computer models of ocean circulation but full three-dimensional models must wait for the next generation of powerful computers . |
| 22 | David and Geoffrey were perfectly welcome because they were English , but I was not welcome because I was American , so while they were staying on to see the May Day Parade , I was meant to leave and fly to Berlin where I would wait for David and Geoffrey who were going on by train through Poland . |
| 23 | We 'll wait for the lads up there to tell us about the blood and we 'll read the autopsy report . |
| 24 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 25 | If they are to throw themselves fully into battle by land and sea , they can not wait for ever . |
| 26 | Should he wait for a year , by which time the quarrel between Hindus and Muslims over the disputed Ayodhya mosque will have cooled down ? |
| 27 | But these are dogs in training : they come to heel ; they do not attack indiscriminately ; but they can barely wait for the big bite . |
| 28 | He would wait for the right moment . |
| 29 | ‘ Could n't you wait for the body to be removed ? ’ he said quietly . |
| 30 | So that we can wait for the moment when she sees you well enough to be sure whether you are Liam or not . |