Example sentences of "ready and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fortnight away by the sea and when they came back , the flat all ready and waiting for them . |
| 2 | They had plenty of berries and there would be jobs ready and waiting for them . |
| 3 | Horses nearly always hesitate when they are led into a dark stable at night , even if they know their dinner is ready and waiting for them there . |
| 4 | The first items unpacked were trout-rods ; and they stayed up , ready and waiting for instant use for as long as we lived there . |
| 5 | In popular mythology poisonous snakes are always ready and waiting for the chance to strike out and kill their attackers . |
| 6 | Opened by another Mr Perkins who was staying at the same hotel , the package was passed to police who were ready and waiting for the actor when he arrived at the hotel in Cardiff . |
| 7 | He 's now ready and waiting for the Bridge return , saying : ‘ We are playing against the Premier League leaders so obviously we 've got something to prove to everyone as well . |
| 8 | He 'll have been sending his money out there for years , all ready and waiting for him to arrive . ’ |
| 9 | The abbot 's guests had dispersed decorously , Rémy and Earl Robert in amicable company to the guesthall , where Bénezet was already returned from his evening in the town , in good time to attend his lord , as the earl 's two squires stood ready and waiting for theirs . |
| 10 | I always wore clogs , and if an iron came off while I was cycling to town I could take it to him , go off somewhere like the pictures , and it would be ready and waiting for me straight afterwards . |
| 11 | Using the extra man , they controlled the game at a stroll and no doubt the Swindon fans were ready and waiting for a massacre . |
| 12 | Before dawn this morning the protestors were again out in force , ready and waiting for the demolition men . |