Wait in A Sentence

    1

    A British brigade was on its way up stream, but the sirdar, who had already arrived to take the command in person, decided not to wait for it.

    2

    A maid to wait upon a lady and young ladies, good dressmaker and hair dresser, age not under 25 years.

    3

    Abisares preferred to play a double game and wait upon events.

    4

    Admiral da Gama, unable to leave the Bay of Rio de Janeiro on account of lack of transport for the sick and wounded and the civilians claiming his protection, could do no more than wait for Admiral Mello to return from Desterro.

    5

    Advantage of using a dealer showroom finance facility Very quick and simple to organize usually while you wait.

    6

    After a brief wait, Dean was led to the sixteenth-floor cubbyhole of Mr. Edwin Mayer, an incredibly gaunt giant who slumped as if to tell the world he was just as short as the rest of them.

    7

    After a minute she said, "I cannot wait to meet this woman."

    8

    After that, most of Europe will be corresponding more or less to international borders, so I'll wait for further comment from Engels before going further.

    9

    After the battle of Actium (31 B.C.) Herod executed Hyrcanus and proceeded to wait upon the victorious Octavian at Rhodes.

    10

    After what seemed like a short wait, they boarded another plane.

    11

    Alexius's resources were insufficient, and he had to beg the crusaders to wait at Constantinople for a year in order that he might have time.

    12

    Also the use of a reliable protocol such as TCP incurs an overhead as the system must wait for an acknowledgment of each packet.

    13

    Although Dean was anxious to locate "P. Corbin," he was cau­tious enough to wait for Fred to confirm the named party had actu­ally joined the tour.

    14

    Amended entries in the SASRF Directory however, will have to wait until its forthcoming reprint.

    15

    An invitation to the Swedish court was urged upon Descartes, and after much hesitation accepted; a vessel of the royal navy was ordered to wait upon him, and in September 1649 he left Egmond for the north.

    16

    And I can not wait to see sarah Jane, I loved her so much.

    17

    And I can not wait to see Sarah Jane, I loved her so much.

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    And it will be worth the wait.

    19

    And with modern imaging technology, we need no longer even wait for human autopsy to find out what is wrong and where.

    20

    Any thoughts of Shipton could wait until later.

    21

    Any upgrades booked or wait listed prior to December 1, 2004 will not have to pay the co-payment.

    22

    Are you sure you don't want to wait a bit longer?

    23

    Army halted on the line TabanovcheStar-Nagorichino, disposed in depth and entrenched, with orders to stand fast on the 22nd and wait developments on its flanks.

    24

    As a recompense, he was nominated archbishop of Toulouse (May 28, 1652), but had to wait for the bulls of investiture till the 23rd of March 1654.

    25

    As much as he hated to admit it, Darkyn wasn't one to wait to claim debts owed him.

    26

    As regards the saints, different degrees of blessedness were recognized; they were supposed to wait in Hades for the return of Christ, but gradually the belief gained ground, especially in regard to the martyrs, that their souls at once entered Paradise.

    27

    As with all the best presents, the wait was definitely worthwhile.

    28

    At any rate, do not expect much with love now; wait for better auspices.

    29

    At the same time, hidden gems wait for you on the video store shelf.

    30

    Bandolier hopes that transmission disequilibrium tests that are free of bias due to population stratification can wait till brain cells have a good day.

    31

    Besides, he told me that he wants to wait too.

    32

    Bianca, Sofi—" "Wait, what's wrong?" he asked.

    33

    Bianca, Sofi—" "Wait, what's wrong?" he asked.

    34

    But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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    But he had learnt to wait.

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    But he was merely biding his time; he had sworn pichacd revenge in his heart, but he was ready to wait long for rules con- it.

    37

    But just you wait until you find out who's to blame for this whole hoo-ha.

    38

    But lying in wait is horror so unspeakable it will change them forever!

    39

    But Mr Chamberlain was no longer prepared to wait.

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    But that can wait.

    41

    But the parliament of 1560 gave no express sanction to the Reformed Church, and Knox did not wait until it should do so.

    42

    But wait -- I'm in a dark wood den filled with old men smoking pipes and playing cribbage.

    43

    But wait a moment - article 6 has a preamble.

    44

    But wait until—" "I'll be there in a few."

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    But wait until—" "I'll be there in a few."

    46

    But wait, there's more!

    47

    But while we have yet to wait for that expansion of principal triangulation which will bring Asia into connexion with Europe by the direct process of earth measurement, a topobetween graphical connexion has been effected between Russian Russ/an and Indian surveys which sufficiently proves that the and deductive methods employed by both countries for the Indian determination of the co-ordinate values of fixed points so surveys.

    48

    But, to avenge their defeat, they lay in wait for the great pilgrim caravan on its return from Mecca in the first days of 294 (906), and massacred 20,000 pilgrims, making an immense booty.

    49

    Campaigners face a nail-biting wait to see whether the Chancellor will give approval to tax changes in what could be his last Budget.

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    Can it not wait?

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    Can we wait a bit?

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    Can you wait here for a minute, so I can ask Romas where your room is?

    53

    Can't we wait until the morning to see if he's better?

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    Come. Have some tea while you wait.

    55

    Completely free, she relaxed and accepted a glass of champagne from one of the wait staff and waded toward the buffet.

    56

    Corneille, unlike many of the great writers of the world, was not driven to wait for "the next age" to do him justice.

    57

    Could you wait for me here, honey?

    58

    Damian didn't wait for Jonny to respond but used his magic to Transport himself to the Texas ranch where they'd set up shop after Dusty blew up southern Florida.

    59

    Darian didn't wait for her to respond this time.

    60

    Darkyn.s features were too shuttered to read, and Kris didn.t wait for him to second-guess anything.

    61

    Dean thought of suggesting that Cynthia wait until dessert (and the news) was digested before chitchatting about the particulars, but he held his tongue.

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    Do not heckle trivial points - wait for the first absurd or outrageous statement.

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    Do your personnel have to wait to access your systems Do you suffer from data corruption?

    64

    Don't wait until after eleven o'clock on November the eleven o'clock on November the eleventh to break the silence.

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    Don't wait until tomorrow to go to him or you'll crawl to him on your knees.

    66

    Don't wait up for the Easter Bunny for that one.

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    Due to his prodigious output, we will not have to wait long to discover whether he can regain his form.

    68

    During the long absence of her husband after the fall of Troy many chieftains of Ithaca and the islands round about became her suitors; and, to rid herself of the importunities of the wooers, she bade them wait till she had woven a winding-sheet for old Laertes, the father of Odysseus.

    69

    During the race, when the running line turns red, wait a moment before letting off the gas.

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    Dusty, wait, I'm s…sorry.

    71

    Each wait had to find a surety for the return of " collar.

    72

    Early in may the family room in south Dakota we can't wait.

    73

    Emergency lighting glowed along the walls, and the strange silhouettes of workout machines made her pause and wait for her night vision to filter out machine from potential attacker.

    74

    Even carrying a White God, Jenn couldn't explain Sofi's pregnancy accelerating so fast, unless …"Wait, exactly how long have you been here?"

    75

    Even carrying a White God, Jenn couldn't explain Sofi's pregnancy accelerating so fast, unless …"Wait, exactly how long have you been here?"

    76

    Every day she saw the goose fluff up her nest, turn the eggs, then settle back down to wait patiently.

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    Excellent animal portraiture, and that's just the start wait until you go deeper into the site.

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    Fabre has found that in the nests of some species of Osmia the young bee developed in the first-formed cell, if (as often happens) she emerges from her cocoon before the inmates of the later cells, will try to work her way round these or to bite a lateral hole through the bramble shoot; should she fail to do this, she will wait for the emergence of her sisters and not make her escape at the price of injury to them.

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    Fate is the Stoic term for God; and these forerunners of the Pharisees judged that the time had come for them to take action rather than to wait passively on God.

    80

    Feed the plants artificially as soon as good crops are set; do not wait for signs of distress.

    81

    Feeling reckless and trapped by her circumstances, Jessi didn't wait for him.

    82

    Finally, Howie reluctantly agreed to wait a couple of days and see how the situation played out.

    83

    First the dead have to wait in another land until the funerary ritual is over and to be punished if they are sinners.

    84

    For heavens sake, we cant wait that long!

    85

    For purely selfish reasons, of course, I couldn't wait for this smoking ban to go ahead.

    86

    For the first associated circular of any importance, the market had to wait until 1832.

    87

    For the perfect and absolute, the consummation of movement is not generated at any point in the process; it is an ideal end, which guides the operations of nature, and does not wait upon them for its achievement.

    88

    Fortunately, Death's assassin didn't wait long to shake her.   Katie awoke from the dreamland and sat up groggily.

    89

    Fox replied with some warmth, and Wolsey had to wait until Fox's death before he could add Winchester to his archbishopric of York and his abbey of St Albans, and thus leave Durham vacant as he hoped for the illegitimate son on whom (aged 18) he had already conferred a deanery, four archdeaconries, five prebends and a chancellorship.

    90

    Francis Bacon's prescient dream, however, of a living astronomy by which the physical laws governing terrestrial relations should be extended to the highest heavens, had long to wait for realization.

    91

    Fred has a date with Mrs. Abernathy and won't be home for supper but wants you to wait up for him.

    92

    Fred O'Connor was instructed to call Jake Weller and tell him where they were located, but Dean couldn't wait.

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    From the very day of Clement's coronation the king had charged the Templars with heresy, immorality and abuses, and the scruples of the weak pope were at length overcome by apprehension lest the State should not wait for the Church, but should proceed independently against the alleged heretics, as well as by the royal threats of pressing the accusation of heresy against the late Boniface VIII.

    94

    From what I hear, one ex-guest doesn't have any more welfare and the welfare of the rest of the group can wait until morning.

    95

    Gerasim, being a servant who in his time had seen many strange things, accepted Pierre's taking up his residence in the house without surprise, and seemed pleased to have someone to wait on.

    96

    Get all your health questions answered from a licensed Naturopathic physician without the wait for an office visit.

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    Go inside and wait for me.

    98

    Gordon, seeing that the Abyssinian difficulty could wait for a few months, proceeded to Khartum.

    99

    Great, how about a match while we wait?

    100

    Hallucinations, fate or some sort of mania brought on by her brain tumor, she wasn't going to wait for the Grand Canyon.

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    He can't wait to take up the sport.

    102

    He carried the sleeping wolf upstairs, placed her on the bed, and then pulled a chair up to wait.

    103

    He continued to wait at dinner with the pages, although in a manner more dignified according to the notions of the age.

    104

    He could hardly wait for tomor­row's challenge.

    105

    He could wait another week to talk to her.

    106

    He could wait until help arrived or just wait until Shipton climbed back up—before something untoward occurred.

    107

    He could wait until help arrived or just wait until Shipton climbed back up—before something untoward occurred.

    108

    He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.

    109

    He cursed the talent that initially drew him to her, forced to wait for the fog to clear.

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    He decided upon Paris for the present, and before leaving Salamanca he agreed with his companions that they should wait where they were until he returned; for he only meant to see whether he could find any means by which they all might give themselves to study.

    111

    He did not wait long, after his admission into that assembly, in bringing their predictions to the test.

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    He didn.t wait for the shocked leader of the Sanctuary to respond but took Kris into one of the empty rooms and laid him out on the bed.

    113

    He didn't wait for a response but opened a portal and crossed into the mortal world.

    114

    He didn't wait for her, and she paused a few times along the way to the food court to argue with Ashley via texts about talking to Xander.

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    He didn't wait for them but wrenched away.

    116

    He didn't want to wait until he was in his fifties to start having children.

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    He directs that, when they so meet, they shall wait for one another.

    118

    He gave the counsel of perfection that "pass" examinations ought to cease; but he recognized that this change "must wait on the reorganization of the educational institutions immediately below the university, at which a passman ought to finish his career."

    119

    He had requested a table in a corner of the room, away from wait staff traffic to and from the kitchen.

    120

    He had to wait for the fates to bring his nishani to him.

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    He stopped and looked, then laughed with childish glee, - " Why wait ye here without?

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    He wanted a baby too, but Megan wanted to wait.

    123

    He wanted to sweep her away for one last intimate moment before his death but doubted the assassin and demon would wait.

    124

    He was happy to sit on the sidelines and wait for those hard lessons to start.

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    He was hungry, but dinner was going to wait a few hours.

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    He was not to wait much longer.

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    He was practically governor of Rome; and Pius was so much under his control that "Pasquin" said the pope would have to wait at the gates of paradise till the cardinal came from purgatory with the keys.

    128

    He was scheduled to work tomorrow, though and she didn't want to wait another day.

    129

    He was the only man for her, and she didn't want to wait any longer.

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    He waved a hand for everyone to leave and forced himself to wait until they were gone.

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    He went to a dark corner in the cafeteria to wait.

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    Hicks, aware of the worthlessness of his force for the purpose contemplated, stated his opinion that it would be best to "wait for Kordofan to settle itself" (telegram of the 5th of August).

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    His astounding energy and resource curbed all his enemies during his lifetime, but they were content to wait patiently for his death, well aware that the collapse of his empire would immediately follow.

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    His judgments had to wait the event before they were absolved from ridicule or delivered from neglect.

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    However for those of you who can't wait use a decanter.

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    However, he didn't have time to convince someone as stubborn as Sofi to do anything, and Czerno wouldn't wait for her to decide to go with Jake.

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    Hubby couldnt wait for me to try the flavors Did the item make you feel sexy?

    138

    I called on the king, but he made me wait in his hall, and conducted like a man incapacitated for hospitality.

    139

    I can hardly wait for the fun to begin!

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    I can hardly wait for the new baby.

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    I can hardly wait to go to sleep!

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    I can hardly wait to see the look on Claire Quincy's face when I tell her saintly Aunty Annie was turning tricks!

    143

    I can scarcely wait until Thursday next when we will again be in one another's company!

    144

    I can't bloody wait to get back to England and have a soy banana smoothie at your Juice Bar.

    145

    I can't wait all night.

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    I can't wait to hear about his date.

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    I can't wait to hear the next joke.

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    I can't wait to make you mine - completely.

    149

    I can't wait to meet the guy who melted the Ice Queen.

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    I can't wait to take that edge off.

    151

    I can't wait until he leaves.

    152

    I don't want to wait until I'm a half-century old to start raising children... not when there are so many children who need parents now.

    153

    I found that it was as well for me to rest on my oars and wait his reappearing as to endeavor to calculate where he would rise; for again and again, when I was straining my eyes over the surface one way, I would suddenly be startled by his unearthly laugh behind me.

    154

    I go to the closest, largest nature preserve that doesn't allow people in after dusk, and wait it out.

    155

    I have a light schedule today anyway... nothing that can't wait.

    156

    I have also loved pieces straight away only to ask upon further inspection... wait a minute is that gill sans... .

    157

    I have to write that the wait was certainly worth while.

    158

    I know I'll have to tell him eventually, but I'd rather wait until I get a job and an apartment.

    159

    I promise not to make you wait too long.

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    I suppose it will wait.

    161

    I thought if I had enough band-aids, I'd be able to wait out the politics.

    162

    I wait until I find somebody constructive and truthful and is a case, and then I only bash them.

    163

    I wait."

    164

    I want to wait until after we're married to... but maybe there's no point in waiting – not if it's going to bother you this much.

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    I want to wait until after we're married to... but maybe there's no point in waiting – not if it's going to bother you this much.

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    I was small then so the other errands had to wait.

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    I was so thrilled to win the qualifier, as the standard of veterans was fabulous and we can't wait to go to Olympia.

    168

    I would wait until the lava emerged from the dark rain forest and take my life.

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    I.ll wait while you look around your quarters.

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    I'd wait for him come to us.

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    I'll have Sarah wait until then to come back down.

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    I'll wait to fire you until I figure out why you're working for me in the first place.

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    I'll wait to touch you until after.

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    I'll wait until tomorrow.

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    I'm just gonna sit here and wait for the ocean drown me.

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    I'm not about to wait around for Others to fry me.

    177

    I'm sure it will be mobbed for the holiday weekend but if we have to wait, I'll be in the bar.

    178

    I'm sure Mr. Dean doesn't want to wait up for an out-of-shape old lady lagging behind him.

    179

    I've had a pee, I can take the wait.

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    I've learned how to wait until I'm home in bed to have a meltdown, Jessi replied.

    181

    If any one was ever awake to the joys of living it was the minnesinger, troubadour or goliard, and the world had to wait until Rousseau and Burns before its external beauty was discovered, or at least deeply appreciated, by any but a few Dutch artists.

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    If it couldn't wait, they would have called me on my cell phone.

    183

    If it please you, I'd rather wait to discuss this later.

    184

    If the court thinks there's any possibility Jeff's alive, I'd have to wait years and years.

    185

    If there's a serious doubt, the heirs may have to wait a good long time, even seven years.

    186

    If they choose to lie in wait for Dawn of the lovely throne they'll not outdo me.

    187

    If you are having a Hawaiian theme party, ask your caterer to have the wait staff where Hawaiian shirts.

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    If you are prepared to wait for really top-notch stuff use oak leaves.

    189

    If you can wait, I would recommend waiting for a better extender to be released.

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    If you can't wait another two weeks tho, you can download the tutorial here.

    191

    If you feel unsteady on your feet ask the driver to wait until you are safely seated before he sets off.

    192

    If you think the sample to the left looks garish, just wait till you see the fully animated ones on the site!

    193

    If you want to wait for a few minutes, I can pull up their itinerary.

    194

    If you want to wait until I get off work, I'll try to leave a little early so we won't get back so late.

    195

    If you're not too hungry we could wait and eat together.

    196

    Imogen will have to wait until Monday to find out if and what Big Brother will do about this latest indiscretion.

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    In 1221 Hermann of Salza, the master of the Teutonic order, along with the duke of Bavaria, appeared in the camp before Damietta; and as it seemed useless to wait any longer for Frederick II., 4 the cardinal, in spite of the opposition of King John, gave the signal for the march on Cairo.

    198

    In 1736 he was invited by Wesley to go out as missionary to Georgia, and went to London to wait on the trustees.

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    In any case, there was nothing that couldn't wait to be discussed at home.

    200

    In any event, I won't wait so long before I take another.

    201

    In fact, I am participating in a summer basketball league for the first time in years and I can't wait to start.

    202

    In his absence the army was cut to pieces by the Turks; and he was left in Constantinople without any followers, during the winter of 1096-1097, to wait for the coming of the princes.

    203

    In May 1679 he prorogued the new parliament which had attainted Danby, and in July dissolved it, while in October he prorogued another parliament of the same mind till January and finally till October 1680, having resolved " to wait till this violence should wear off."

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    In most cases he is successful, but should his intended victim escape, as at times happens, from his having miscalculated the distance, he may make a second or even a third bound, which, however, usually prove fruitless, or he returns disconcerted to his hiding-place, there to wait for another opportunity."

    205

    In spite of almost insuperable difficulties the colony took root, trade began, the fleet lay in wait for the Spanish treasure ships, the settlements of the Spaniards were raided, and their repeated attempts to retake the island were successfully resisted.

    206

    In the case of the quadrivalent carbon, diamond seems to be the stable form at ordinary temperatures, but one may wait long before it is formed from graphite.

    207

    In the pro Milone he says that either Milo must have lain in wait for Clodius or Clodius for Milo, leaving out of sight the truth, that the encounter was due to chance.

    208

    In the spring of 1696 he asked the reluctant Varina to wait until he was in a position to marry.

    209

    In these situations there is little choice but to wait until the roads become passable.

    210

    Industry cannot wait until 2020 for improvements to the motorway network, such as the M6 north of Birmingham which is already gridlocked daily.

    211

    It also causes a potential logjam in the waiting list, with patients at the very end of the line having to wait longer.

    212

    It can wait a little longer.

    213

    It could all wait, but the waiting was lonely.

    214

    It depended on the individual how long he would wait for initiation.

    215

    It had to wait two centuries after the revolution of 987 before it was strong enough to take up the dormant tradition of an authority like that of Rome; and until then it cunningly avoided unequal strife in which, victory being impossible, reverses might have weakened those titles, higher than any due to feudal rights, conferred by the heritage of the Caesars and the coronation at Reims, and held in reserve for the future.

    216

    It is clear, therefore, that any moral science which is to be of value must wait until the " laws of life " and " conditions of existence " have been satisfactorily determined, presumably by biology and the allied sciences; and there are few more melancholy instances of failure in philosophy than the paucity of the actual results attained by Spencer in his lifetime in his application of the socalled laws of evolution to human conduct - a failure recognized by Spencer himself.

    217

    It said, 'Don't wait up.

    218

    It was best to wait until Felipa returned, but they didn't think so.

    219

    It was hard to believe he wanted to wait – not after all he had said.

    220

    It was hard to believe he wanted to wait – not after all he had said.

    221

    It was no longer possible to wait for the assembling of a general council; stronger and stronger grew the tendency to ascribe infallibility to the pope alone, as being always on the spot.

    222

    It was one of the characteristics of the early Christian teachers that they rarely stayed for any length of time in a place; they moved on, and the little congregation was left to wait for another visitor, who might be some time in coming.

    223

    It was straight through, to wait for the upper sluice to drop and the lower sluice to raise.

    224

    It was time to plan the nursery and shop for clothes, but that could wait.

    225

    It wasn't like in the old house, where she would have slept cold, got up to a colder house and had to start a fire in an old stove, then wait an hour until she could no longer see her breath.

    226

    It would be a long and uncertain wait before he was released to their custody.

    227

    Jack loped ahead of her then paused to wait at the center of the field.

    228

    Jackson felt she should wait a bit longer, but she was determined.

    229

    Jackson knew the odds were that guy hadn't slept a wink all night, but he wanted her to wait as long as possible.

    230

    Jesus is said to have replied, " I go, but thou shalt wait till I return."

    231

    Jonathan wanted to come see him, but she told him to wait until Alex was better.

    232

    Jonny … I don't think he'll wait for the truce to be up.

    233

    Jonny … I don't think he'll wait for the truce to be up.

    234

    Just like CPU time, the wait for log file sync is a bit of an oddity.

    235

    Just wait a minute, sir.

    236

    Just wait a minute.

    237

    Just wait until your boss sees you with a David Beckham style haircut and pierced nipples, you beast, you.

    238

    Knowing the emperor's methods, he wisely restrained the ardour of his subordinates and asked for instructions whether to attack or wait.

    239

    Kris chuckled, aware his older brother could wait him out.

    240

    Let us wait on God, in holy concord, and the blessing is sure to come.

    241

    Let us wait until evening.

    242

    Let's not wait, Carmen.

    243

    Let's wait in his room.

    244

    Lift and divide clumps every three or four years, wait until the leaves are yellow before lifting then replant at once.

    245

    Like Sam said, we will have to wait and see what transpires.

    246

    Looking after them may mean encouraging them to wait a while.

    247

    Looking at his cold face, as he sat like a stern schoolmaster who was prepared to wait awhile for an answer, Pierre felt that every instant of delay might cost him his life; but he did not know what to say.

    248

    Making other golfers wait for you is bad golf etiquette.

    249

    Many soldiers facing courts martial have to wait up to a year to be tried.

    250

    MapMate then compiles the Atlas and asks you to wait while the Atlas is being generated.

    251

    May 2006 1 The Drift Scott Walker (non mover) The best things come to those who wait.

    252

    Maybe the secret could wait until they had built a better foundation.

    253

    Meanwhile, till adequate means of transportation were provided, it was seen that city and prairie alike must wait for any large inflow of population.

    254

    Merwan immediately ordered Ibn Hobaira to stop his march and to wait for him at Durin, and marched with the main force against Suleiman, whom he utterly defeated at Khosaf in the district of Kinnesrin.

    255

    Mine makes the servants wait on me and do as I tell them.

    256

    Mission separating dopes have to wait episode which at sums to market.

    257

    Moreover, the fear of Henry was sufficient to make the French king refuse to allow one who was attainted by act of parliament to remain in the kingdom; so Pole passed over to Flanders, to wait for the possible arrival of any royal deputies.

    258

    Moreover, with this masterful temper was joined an infirmity of purpose which ever let " I dare not wait upon I would," and which seized upon any excuse for postponing measures the principles of which he had publicly approved.

    259

    Mostly. Some of it will have to wait.

    260

    Much as he disliked making Fred wait, he decided to put off the task until nine o'clock but another phone call forced a change of plans.

    261

    My article also talks about the military submariner, however rather than get into it here I'll wait for Sico to publish it.

    262

    My education can wait, she can't.

    263

    My uncle tells me this is why I must wait until my dear son is six or seven summers.

    264

    Natalie isnât stupid; having smelled a rat, she is lying in wait.

    265

    Nearly all cars are very considerate - I cant wait to get back!

    266

    Neither did Death sit back and wait to discover the information he needed to do his job.

    267

    No one seemed to think there was any reason for them to wait.

    268

    No, wait, I'm not.

    269

    None of them had been able to convince her to wait until the estate was settled.

    270

    Not only was there a traitor at the Peak, but there were an untold number of insurgents lying in wait.

    271

    Now just wait for the public to beat the path to your door, for you have fixed the mousetrap.

    272

    Now they would wait for a positive pregnancy test - like any other couple.

    273

    Now we wait for the civil engineers report on what needs to be done to fix it.

    274

    Now we wait it out.

    275

    Now you can wait until morning for the address.

    276

    Now, here's a present I can't wait to unwrap.

    277

    Object finalize, getClass, notify, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait Methods inherited from interface java.util.

    278

    Oh wait a sec, didn't I fight 3 months to move the SAP authentication to LDAP?

    279

    Oh wait, I live in Britain, not Texas please do not defame Texas.

    280

    Olaf had been during the summer in the eastern Baltic. The allies lay in wait for him at the island of Swold on his way home.

    281

    Once on the enemy's side of the obstacle the bishop halted to wait for Edward, who was now following him, but his undisciplined barons, shouting "'Tis not for thee, bishop, to teach us war.

    282

    One of these apes, it was related, served as a sailor on board a Jamaica ship, and used to wait on the captain.

    283

    Otherwise Berthollet's position would have been a much stronger one, and the atomic theory might have had to wait a long while for acceptance.

    284

    Our first little foal – I can hardly wait.

    285

    Our first little foal – I can hardly wait.

    286

    Outside I maintained my vigil, expecting a long wait for the first arrivals.

    287

    Peasants refused to wait for government decrees that compensated the rich landowners - they seized the land for themselves.

    288

    Perhaps you should wait until it turns up for a couple of quid in a discount bookstore.

    289

    Pombal charged the whole Society with the possible guilt of a few, and, unwilling to wait the dubious issue of an application to the pope for licence to try them in the civil courts, whence they were exempt, issued on the 1st of September 1759 a decree ordering the immediate deportation of every Jesuit from Portugal and all its dependencies and their suppression by the bishops in the schools and universities.

    290

    Probably, but you'd have to wait for this one to get established and then a long time for the others to mature.

    291

    Rather than encounter alone the horrors of a four months' journey to Lhasa they resolved to wait for eight months till the arrival of a Tibetan embassy on its return from Peking.

    292

    Reading have once more said that fans will have to wait at least another day for the formal unveiling of their new manager.

    293

    Remove candle wax Wait for the wax to cool then gently loosen using a fingernail to remove.

    294

    Rhyn didn.t wait for him to settle himself but struck first with his long, oak bo, a blow that caught the Immortal by surprise.

    295

    Rhyn paced under the watchful gaze of the convent member, itching to leave Kiki to find Katie.  Instead, he forced himself to wait.  He'd lost one brother this night.  He wanted to make sure Kiki was okay before leaving him.

    296

    Sackler made Dean wait until his son finished Little League practice before he would leave for the motel.

    297

    Sam Collins came well recommend and might be worth the wait.

    298

    Sarah saw the self-loathing in his eyes, so didn't wait for an answer.

    299

    Send word to the captain not to wait for me, for I have changed my mind.

    300

    She asked him to wait whilst she finished her telephone conversation, which he did.

    301

    She can't wait any longer, with Shipton poking around town.

    302

    She could hardly wait to hitch it up and take a ride.

    303

    She couldn't wait to further test her newfound skills, especially when the sunshine presented the wild flowers in their most colorful costumes.

    304

    She couldn't wait to tell Jackson her news.

    305

    She darned near did a jig and couldn't wait to write about it—didn't even take time to dream it.

    306

    She darned near did a jig and couldn't wait to write about it—didn't even take time to dream it.

    307

    She did-n't wait for him to guess.

    308

    She didn.t wait for Kris.s response but trotted inside.

    309

    She didn't wait for him but flipped off her sandals and jogged down the beach, towards the abandoned lot nearby.

    310

    She didn't wait for him to step back but kicked his knee as hard as she could.

    311

    She had been the one who insisted that they wait until after marriage, but it was Alex who came up with sound reasoning for it.

    312

    She had not long to wait.

    313

    She had to wait for the right moment, when she wouldn't risk losing him.

    314

    She hadn't even been inside her own house, but that could wait.

    315

    She leaned over it, unable to wait for him to complete it.

    316

    She made her new spot as comfortable as possible and lay down to wait and watch.

    317

    She needed him too much to wait and closed the distance between them, wrapping her arms around him.

    318

    She said to wait.

    319

    She started to hang up before Dean fairly yelled for her to wait.

    320

    She trailed Hannah into the massive foyer with a dangling chandelier, regally arcing stairway, and an army of wait staff in tuxes circulating alcohol and hors d'oeuvres.

    321

    She turned to wait for him to join her and smiled.

    322

    She wanted to sprint until her body gave out then wait for her death to come.

    323

    She wasn't certain her meltdown would wait, but this place seemed real enough.

    324

    She would have to wait for Alex before she could explore that area.

    325

    She'd never thought about how long Darkyn might wait to claim his mate by Immortal law in that way.

    326

    She'd sworn an oath to Darian, and the last thing she wanted was to return to the immortal world and wait for the Others to grab her.

    327

    She's such a little beauty I can hardly wait for the sun to set.

    328

    Should I go find a little afternoon delight or kill some time here and wait for tonight?

    329

    Since the collections are now fortnightly we will not ask you to wait until the next collection.

    330

    So he's stronger than … wait, what?

    331

    So long as the Law was not deliberately outraged and so long as the worship was established, most of the religious leaders of the Jews were content to wait.

    332

    Sometimes I think you can hardly wait for me to get out of your hair.

    333

    Sonia, who as a witness has had to wait outside court for most of the hearing, looks ashen.

    334

    Straightening my jacket, I simply wait for a slow drag of pedestrians then saunter back out into the sunlight.

    335

    Take her to your room and wait there.

    336

    Take off the rose colored glasses—'my sins will continue'—or better yet, wait until you decipher a few more pages and she gives it to you in black and white, chapter and verse and supplies the sinful details.

    337

    Take off the rose colored glasses—'my sins will continue'—or better yet, wait until you decipher a few more pages and she gives it to you in black and white, chapter and verse and supplies the sinful details.

    338

    Thank you HMS Belfast for giving us the opportunity to do something special for our birthday, we can't wait to return " .

    339

    That was worth the wait.

    340

    The "Monitor" withdrew in the confusion consequent upon the wounding of her commanding officer; and the "Merrimac" after a short wait for her adversary steamed back to Norfolk.

    341

    The absolute chronology of this western chamber must wait upon the Oxford AMS dates currently in progress.

    342

    The action of the Sanhedrin and the presence of the women suppliants in the Temple suggest, if the y do not prove, that this Hezekiah who harassed the Syrians was a Jewish patriot, who could not acquiesce and wait with Sameas.

    343

    The Altarnun bagpiper (left ), with a present-day York Wait (right) playing a similar double chanter bagpipe for comparison.

    344

    The Canvassing Board, which published the election returns, cast out some votes, did not wait for the returns from Dade county, and declared the Republican ticket elected.

    345

    The car wouldn't have been her choice, but it was the only rental available - unless she wanted to wait around for half a day until another was returned.

    346

    The children were hungry and could hardly wait for their father to come.

    347

    The Dioscuri overtook him and lay in wait in a hollow oak.

    348

    The entire experience was truly fantastic - We can't wait to return.

    349

    The experiment failed, chiefly because of the opposition of the Croatians and Magyars, whom he bitterly offended by his celebrated saying that "Hungary could wait."

    350

    The fact that he also had to wait, occasionally, on the motorway, did not amount to a significant detriment.

    351

    The first of these, under Walter the Penniless, passed through Hungary in May, and reached Constantinople, where it halted to wait for the Hermit, in the middle of July.

    352

    The horse-drawn cabs which ply for hire in the streets, or wait at authorized " cab-stands," are of two kinds, the " hansom," a two-wheeled vehicle so named after its inventor (1834) and the " four-wheeler."

    353

    The idea of securing the Protestant succession by legitimizing Monmouth again took shape and was eagerly pressed on by Shaftesbury; at the time it seemed possible that success would wait on the audacity.

    354

    The Immortal on the other side of his door was too excited to wait until he entered to shout the news.

    355

    The insolvency legislation allowed Trustees to wait indefinitely before realizing their interest in jointly owned property and this could be grossly inequitable.

    356

    The Italian general would have preferred to wait until his intervention was requested Opcra dons in by both pretenders to the Abyssinian throne.

    357

    The lion lives chiefly in sandy plains and rocky places interspersed with dense thorn-thickets, or frequents the low bushes and tall rank grass and reeds that grow along the sides of streams and near the springs where it lies in wait for the larger herbivorous animals on which it feeds.

    358

    The maximum wait for starting such a transfer seems to be the reciprocal of the difference of the reciprocals of the periods.

    359

    The NHS Plan sets out the ultimate goal that by December 2005, the maximum wait for an outpatient appointment will be three months.

    360

    The paper had to be filled and could not wait for as-yet unwritten stories and features to arrive.

    361

    The people and the Jews remained in a state of civil war, until each side sent an embassy (40) to wait upon the emperor.

    362

    The pope had selected two envoys to wait on the young emperor, one of them, Jerome Aleander, being specially appointed to secure the outlawry of Luther.

    363

    The postmaster came in and began obsequiously to beg his excellency to wait only two hours, when, come what might, he would let his excellency have the courier horses.

    364

    The president of the republic has no power to dissolve the chambers, to endeavour to remedy the evil by one or another political party obtaining a substantial working majority, but must wait to see the results of the triennial elections.

    365

    The problem is particularly acute in East Anglia, where many people have to wait months for NHS treatment.

    366

    The real Gabriel had been the one to tell her that the child she carried was a girl.   "I guess we have to wait and see," she forced herself to say and added silently, I hope you're safe, Gabriel, wherever you are.

    367

    The rehearsal went well, and most people then decamped to a local coffee shop to wait for the draw.

    368

    The remark was glad that sour faced brute Conrad did not wait in ambush for conrad behind the door swung open.

    369

    The righteous could only flee or hide, and so wait dreaming of the mercy of God past and to come.

    370

    The test of their abilities is not a career-long wait for grudging acceptance.

    371

    The wait lasted less than an hour before Dean heard the metallic sound of a key in the lock.

    372

    The wind howled as she settled against the far wall to wait out the storm.

    373

    The world is becoming a more dangerous place for you, and I'd hoped we could wait until the winter solstice to perform the rite.

    374

    The writer makes the reader wait for this, the relative clauses in commas (analyzed above) creating a crescendo.

    375

    The young writers of 1870 to 1880 had not long to wait, however, for recognition both at home and in Paris, where many of them found hospitality in the pages of the Mercure de France from 1890 onwards.

    376

    Their messenger won't wait long.

    377

    Their servants rang, knocked and thumped; and when at last admittance was gained, the primate and the marquis were shown into a lower room and there left to wait.

    378

    Then coming to a place called Gethsemane, He bade the disciples wait while He should pray; and taking the three who had been with Him at the Transfiguration He told them to tarry near Him and to watch.

    379

    Then I'll wait until he wakes up.

    380

    Then you'll have to wait anyway.

    381

    There are many well placed pot bunkers lying in wait to catch the errant shot.

    382

    There is nothing I would rather do than stay here enjoying you until the sun comes up, but I have something very important to do and it can't wait.

    383

    There may be certain times when your visitors are asked to leave the bedside and wait in the waiting room.

    384

    There they should report to the School Office to explain the situation; they can wait in the Mackenzie Room next to the Office.

    385

    There was little she could do other than put the food up so it wouldn't spoil and wait for him to come home.

    386

    There would still be a great gap to be filled before we reached the earliest letters of St Paul; but yet we should know what the Apostle meant when he wrote to " the Church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ," and reminded them how they had " turned from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivereth us from the wrath to come."

    387

    There's no reason to wait any longer.

    388

    These luxurious 70% cotton tights feel so soft and silky you can't wait to get them on.

    389

    They are devoted sun-worshippers and in the early morning, before it is daylight, they emerge from their burrows and wait in rows till their divinity appears; when they bask joyfully in his beams."

    390

    They can wait until Jonathan gets up.

    391

    They couldn't wait much longer.

    392

    They found standing in their way the very man who had been the author of their fortunes, Louis XV.s tutor, uneasy in the exercise of a veiled authority; for the churchman Fleury knew how to wait, on condition of ultimately attaining his end.

    393

    They lay in wait for Bond and company with a deadly ambush.

    394

    They stepped outside for a breath of fresh air to wait.

    395

    They wait so long, they forget they can have one, or they choose not to have one, or they simply just don't.

    396

    They will come regularly every evening to particular trees, where the cunning sportsman lies in wait for them, and the distant orchards next the woods suffer thus not a little.

    397

    They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret.

    398

    They'll have to wait for water, the same as we did.

    399

    This eliminates RAW hazards because we wait for the required operands to become available.

    400

    This may be longer on busy weekends as the trains cannot wait for late passengers.

    401

    Those who are too hungry to wait shall eat at home; and not put to shame those who have no houses (and presumably not enough food either), by bringing their viands to church and selfishly eating them apart.

    402

    To be honest I cant wait to see the paed now.

    403

    Toby took the lead, and the demons, Death and Gabe disappeared as Katie rounded the corner of the palace.  The angel released her and raced into the palace and up a set of stairs.  They ascended several floors, until Katie was sucking wind bad enough to stop.  Toby didn't wait for her, and she stumbled forward.  The interior of the palace was unlit, and the darkness of evening crept into the hallways.

    404

    Today they seem portents of a cataclysm that may not conveniently wait until we're history.

    405

    Tonight, I'm going to curl up with a book and wait for Connor to call.

    406

    Turn bulb timer to a 12/12 cycle & wait for your buds to start flowering.

    407

    Um, maybe I should wait downstairs.

    408

    Unable to wait politely in silence any longer, one section of the British populace is set to take matters into its own hands.

    409

    Unable to wait, she started the test and then put up the groceries.

    410

    Until then he could only wait and see how things played out.

    411

    Up to about the middle of the 19th century it was supposed that transits of Venus across the disk of the sun afforded the most trustworthy method of making the determination in question; and when Encke in 1824 published his classic discussion of the transits of 1761 and 1769, it was supposed that we must wait until the transits of 1874 and 1882 had been observed and discussed before any further light would be thrown on the subject.

    412

    Urm....my prom in 9 days wooo can't wait for that!

    413

    Vitor, a landing-place a little to the south of Arica, was offered by the Chilean government to Bolivia, but refused as not complying with the conditions stated in the protocol of 1895; the Bolivians furthermore preferred to wait and see if Arica was finally ceded by Peru to Chile, and if so to claim the fulfilment of the terms of the protocol.

    414

    Wait 'til we're in the command hub.

    415

    Wait a bit--I'm coming down.

    416

    Wait a moment, then, till I write to my friends."

    417

    Wait for the fullback to run out and pick up his block, then scoot behind him and cut the play up the sideline.

    418

    Wait for the guard to come by, then shoot him in the head to conserve ammunition.

    419

    Wait till tomorrow morning, we'll find out everything tomorrow.

    420

    Wait until Fred gets a load of this!

    421

    Wait until the charcoal is glowing red, with a powdery gray surface, before you start to cook.

    422

    Wait until we get home and I'll show you.

    423

    Wait, did you say eternity?

    424

    Wait, does this mean you have a tattoo, too?

    425

    Wait, Elise, can't you tell me what's going on out there?

    426

    Wait, I think we need a plan.

    427

    Wait, so I just ditched my guide to follow you and you don't know where you're going?

    428

    Wait, you did this to Ashley?

    429

    Wait. How did she morph into a wolf, it's not even close to a full moon?

    430

    Wait. How do I know you won't hurt Ash and Brandon this week, when I'm trying to get this thing?

    431

    Was there a chance for them - if she was willing to wait?

    432

    Washington, who was wisely anxious to concentrate attack on one or other of the centres of British power in Virginia or New York, had to wait till the arrival of Grasse before he could see his ideas applied.

    433

    We are getting our first ex batts on Saturday, and can't wait.

    434

    We can wait, but he isn't going to get better.

    435

    We could wait until Wednesday.

    436

    We had not to wait long for news, and it was wholly satisfactory and encouraging.

    437

    We must wait until after winter quarter day - Christmas Day - the true first day of winter, he said.

    438

    We need to wait two months for the making of an adoption order.

    439

    We NGOs wait with baited breath for the outcome of their deliberations.

    440

    We now will wait to see it appear at a September race, probably with its new teammate Super Snail.

    441

    We still have to wait a little while and there are lots of details to iron out, but Ms. Rosewater says it looks positive.

    442

    We wait for the savaging from Jeff the attack Chihuahua!

    443

    We wait, however, for the Epistles of his captivity at Rome to find the full meaning of the idea of the church dawning u p on his imagination.

    444

    We weren't sure he wasn't followed or something—we whispered like a couple of kids and couldn't wait to sneak out of there.

    445

    We weren't sure he wasn't followed or something—we whispered like a couple of kids and couldn't wait to sneak out of there.

    446

    We will have to wait until it reappears in the pre-dawn sky in a few months.

    447

    We'll just wait for her.

    448

    Well, Heidi, I guess I've been listening to you too long, because now I want to wait.

    449

    Well, I thought maybe I would wait until the next full moon, then find Elisabeth and let her rip out what's left of my guts.

    450

    Wellesley meant to turn the defile of Torres Vedras by Mafra at once if possible; but on this night Sir Harry Burrard, his senior, arrived off Vimiera, and though he did not land, gave instructions to wait for Sir John Moore.

    451

    Wellington the proposal seemed premature; he would prefer to wait till "the assembly had published its conduct by its acts"; for if the new chambers were to prove as intractable as the dissolved Chambre introuvable, the monarchy would not be able to dispense with its foreign tutors.

    452

    What could be so important that it can't wait for warmer weather?

    453

    What do you wait for?

    454

    What was so urgent that it couldn't wait?

    455

    When he continued to wait for an answer, she sighed.

    456

    When I ask him if I can take you a message, he says no, to just wait until you come into town and have you call him.

    457

    When the commuter plane touched down at NXA airport, Megan called for the shuttle van to her hotel in Fayetteville and decided to wait outside.

    458

    When the movement of modern spiritualism first reached Europe from America in the winter of 1852-3, the most popular method of consulting the "spirits" was for several persons to sit round a table, with their hands resting on it, and wait for the table to move.

    459

    When the pressure gage reaches zero wait one or two minutes before opening the autoclave.

    460

    When they arrived at the catacombs, Frederick took the lantern from his manservant and instructed him to wait.

    461

    Where Anshan-- and even Qatwal-- women would wait for their men to direct them, his woman had disassembled everything in the room she could.

    462

    While Dean planned to again call the state agencies in an attempt to run down Martha, he didn't have to wait.

    463

    While he wasn't sure what would happen, nor when, he felt certain his wait wouldn't be long.

    464

    Why couldn't this storm wait a few more weeks?

    465

    Why did he have to wait until her figure started to fall apart before he complained about seldom seeing her in a dress?

    466

    Why don't we wait here?

    467

    Why wait ' til late summer to develop your Windows app?

    468

    Why wait to find out about Jeffrey Byrne's little escapade?

    469

    Why would she bother to wait?

    470

    With a traditional cement/sand screed a wait of at least 3 weeks would have been required prior to fixing tiles.

    471

    Xander didn't wait for them to leave before he Traveled.

    472

    Yeah. Do their heirs have to wait seven years or something like that?

    473

    Yep, the wait for you to get your grubby gaming mitts on Microsoft's new system is merely 78 days away.

    474

    Yes. You would wait to seal him in the city?

    475

    You are happy to wait for the rebellion there to settle down?

    476

    You are to go out back and wait for me and my friend; you will not be frightened.

    477

    You can derive benefit from an elective procedure, but it may be better to wait a while before having it done.

    478

    You can go wait in the back if you want.

    479

    You can have the first— Jenn didn't wait for him to finish but launched a kick straight for his head.

    480

    You can have the first— Jenn didn't wait for him to finish but launched a kick straight for his head.

    481

    You can wait ten minutes.

    482

    You can't wait a moment!

    483

    You could always wait a few weeks or so to see if they disable the security.

    484

    You couldn't even wait until morning?

    485

    You couldn't wait until this evening at the after party.

    486

    You just wait and see.

    487

    You just wait to see what Kris has in store for you.

    488

    You might have to wait until Autumn to see one of the loveliest migrant butterflies, the clouded yellows, the Monarch.

    489

    You sure you don't want me to wait?

    490

    You wait ages for a phantom hound, and then two come along!

    491

    You want me to tell Death to wait till you get back?

    492

    You will have to wait for my soul to come to her.

    493

    You won't just take pity on me and wait to see if we survive the weekend?

    494

    You'd be sorry the morning after – and so would I. Maybe we wouldn't be sorry for the night we spent together, or what we did, but we'd be sorry we didn't have the strength of character to wait.

    495

    You'd be sorry the morning after – and so would I. Maybe we wouldn't be sorry for the night we spent together, or what we did, but we'd be sorry we didn't have the strength of character to wait.

    496

    You'll have to wait or call the French consulate.

    497

    You'll like it, just wait and see.

    498

    You're just going to have to wait and see what develops.

    499

    You're only joking, I'm afraid-- Just wait till I am bigger.

    500

    Zimbabweans wait to see whether the ministry will have enough teeth to stamp out already rampant corruption in the bud.