Example sentences of "[pers pn] wait for them [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 2 | She telephoned police and as she waited for them to arrive she noticed the same youths approach a man with two young children and drench one of the children . |
| 3 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Within our provision for grants for voluntary organizations , we hold an unallocated figure , because we do n't automatically erm , add inflation to grants to voluntary bodies , and in fact we wait for them to come forward and justify the increases of grants we 're giving . |
| 5 | The girls suffered agonies of exposure as they waited for them to reach their seats . |
| 6 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 7 | On the contrary , there was a curious , rather unnatural gentleness about the way in which he waited for them to come nearer . |