Example sentences of "[noun prp] wait for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen waited for something to happen , something to change , but nothing happened , nothing changed . |
| 2 | The words fell into the silence and Hari waited for him to continue . |
| 3 | Leeson waited for her to say something , but she was silent . |
| 4 | Ginny waited for him to break the silence . |
| 5 | Coy paused and Adam waited for him to continue . |
| 6 | Blanche waited for him to sit down and take a couple of sips . |
| 7 | Gabriel waited for him to break away and in that instant got in a good burst , peppering the cockpit . |
| 8 | Jess waited for her to make something out of her small success , but she did n't and sat with folded hands looking into the ever-changing flames licking round the coal . |
| 9 | Hovering beside the huge potted palm , Caroline waited for someone to appear , outwardly composed , inwardly tense . |
| 10 | Cathy waited for him to enlarge . |
| 11 | Coy waited for him to finish his deliberations . |
| 12 | Celia hung back , and Juliet waited for her to draw level with her . |
| 13 | Gedanken waited for him to carry on . |
| 14 | Wiping her eyes once more with a sodden hanky , Evelyn waited for them to come into the room . |
| 15 | Marcus waited for him to climb back to his bunk . |
| 16 | With bated breath and trying to make herself invisible , Joan waited for them to pass the alcove and make their way downstairs . |
| 17 | Wexford waited for her to talk of love and instead heard her say with a strange sense of shock , ‘ I gave up my job , as I told you , and came back to London to live with him . |
| 18 | Tom-Frode , Odd-Knut and Tony wait for us to arrive . |
| 19 | Agrippa waited for him to regain his composure . |
| 20 | Luke nodded and Robyn waited for him to release her , waited for the agony and the ecstasy of his touch to end . |
| 21 | Robyn waited for him to break the spell of this wonderful , strangely companionable silence . |