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Examples of wait
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Hundreds came every day; at any one time 15 would be waiting outside, about 10 inside.
You did not give feasts to other people, you waited for them to give feasts to you.
Just watch them as they're waiting for a problem to come up.
Arguably that question is still waiting for an answer.
Boys waited long enough for recognition of his work in his life-time.
In some shops the sales assistant stands behind the counter waiting to ask you what you would like.
Many surgical waiting lists comprise large numbers of simple, low cost, procedures.
The indefinite time of waiting after death for judgement on the last day was replaced by a judgement immediately after death.
Being in easy view of reception reassures those waiting that they are not forgotten should there be any delay.
The church proper is square in plan with adjoining accommodation of vestry, private chapel, porch and waiting room.
They appear like stylized, formless bodies, with smooth clay 'flesh' and internal bones, waiting for meaning to be constructed through performance.
In the testing room a female investigator was waiting.
In fact, research projects large and small, just waiting to be tackled, jump out with startling frequency.
Even if the leaseholder only has one year or three years to exercise his option to plant, waiting is still valuable.
He had waited without moving, standing stock-still on the bank, peering into the water, hoping for another glimpse, a ripple in the water's surface even.
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Collocations with wait
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Now all but the simplest dental work must be referred, with a lengthy wait, for what is called prior approval.
Pharmacological intervention by the clinician resulted in a long walk to pharmacy and often a long wait for the medication.
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