| Because you cannot necessarily always wait for a very junior rank to put themselves forward. |
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| Husband Brian offered no sympathy but couldn't wait for the peace and quiet. |
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| However, it is not clear whether or not Santander would be prepared to wait this long. |
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| Such couples may have to wait a number of years before they can legally adopt a child. |
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| Hundreds of couples wait in a line circling the block of San Francisco's City Hall. |
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| But you don't need to wait for these events to happen before taking action. |
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| Personally I can't wait for Her Fineness to get caught out in the water jump. |
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| He is convinced Esso won't have to wait long before potential recruits are queuing up for an interview. |
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| Anyhoo, I've run out of energy, and so any investigation of what on Earth the Council of Ministers is, will have to wait till some other time. |
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| Signing Dillon to a long-term deal is a priority, but it will wait until the off season. |
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| Postpone those decisions that can wait until you feel more able to deal with them. |
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| Yet we have already seen long queues of vehicles outside York petrol stations as people wait to fill up the tank. |
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| He'd kept everything warm in the oven for her and Ashton agreed to wait dinner on her as he wasn't hungry. |
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| The beat of very loud West Indian music could be heard emanating from the house, and he had to wait some time for an answer. |
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| The world continues to wait for more and more Buddhas, for Buddha is not a person but is a state of being. |
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| So the wait prolongs before Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts School of Magic finally quell Lord Voldemort, the evil and powerful Wizard. |
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| Mark Williams was jubilant after his title triumph ended his 26-month wait for a tournament win on home soil. |
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| Motorists can wait for free until arriving passengers call to say they are ready to be picked up. |
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| After a four-and-a-half-hour wait the youngster was examined and his illness was put down to stress. |
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| We will, additionally, have to wait and see if the show throws up the same quality of star potential as the first two series. |
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| I still maintain the view that actions speak louder than words so we'll wait and see how it pans out. |
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| It was hoped that he could be persuaded to wait on the committee in an advisory capacity. |
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| With potatoes, carrots and peas and a tasty seasoned gravy, I couldn't wait to tuck in. |
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| I can't wait to burn it up, and then watch for a decline in the planetary temperature. |
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| I'd wait patiently, watching for a movement that would allow me to get it in my binoculars. |
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| I just can't wait for Southern Cross Station to be completed and all the trains to go back to normal. |
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| We kept trying to cut it short saying we had to do this or that but he would just wait until we'd finished. |
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| You fill in this form in quadruplicate, wait six months, and we'll consider restoring your lilywhite status to you. |
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| Some people here couldn't wait to get rid of him, but look at what he has achieved. |
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| They will now have to wait to hear whether solicitors acting on behalf of the accused man ask for a second post-mortem examination. |
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| Teenagers across Hampshire were jumping for joy as the wait for their GCSE results finally came to an end. |
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| They realise that they may as well get a job sooner rather than wait another couple of years. |
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| Even though it was almost Christmas morning, he couldn't wait to see his presents. |
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| Because of problems with radiotherapy machines, some patients were having to wait 12 weeks for treatment after first seeing the radiotherapist. |
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| She wanted to wait a year before accepting the position, so she could have time to be home with her baby. |
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| She went back to Ridgeway School earlier in September and couldn't wait to catch up with her friends. |
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| Many folks lack the courage to do so, even when the time to wait before acting is long past. |
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| These designs typically are built in the non-sticky center of the web, where spiders wait when foraging. |
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| The first quarter of the novel takes place in Cuba, as Yara and her family wait for the government to process their visas to the United States. |
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| I knew some kids, usually of the jolly hockey sticks variety, who couldn't wait to tumble back into the classroom to see their pals. |
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| But did he stay where he was and wait for the judge to give him a free lift in a police car courtesy of a bench warrant? |
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| Everyone else in the room looked like they were at a funeral from which they couldn't wait to escape. |
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| It used to be that you couldn't wait to turn 18 so you could go to the Republik. |
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| Whatever the reasons, we will have to wait until the European elections are out of the way before any announcements. |
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| Like nearly everyone who comes to Cape Town, we couldn't wait to head straight up Table Mountain. |
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| It hadn't occurred to me that people taking an acting class would find this scary, when I couldn't wait to get started. |
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| One minute I would be terribly home sick and the next I couldn't wait to get into central London. |
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| It was my first present from him and I felt so gorgeous in it that I couldn't wait to show it off. |
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| It's a long long 20 minute wait beside a rainswept parade of shops before the following bus catches up and we can continue. |
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| I was at the end of fixed ropes and did not wait for Ara to belay me who was still jumaring at the base of the wall. |
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| I made many good friends at work and had always enjoyed my time there, but by the time it was over I couldn't wait to see the back of the place. |
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| And he admits he cannot wait to pull on a first team shirt after savouring the quiet life of reserve team football with the Black Cats. |
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| I spent all those years in school and couldn't wait to leave and here I am, 25 years later, going back. |
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| My head was full of ideas for my new design all day and I couldn't wait to get home and try them out. |
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| By the time I reached home every item of clothing I was wearing was nasty and I couldn't wait to strip off. |
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| The only member of that group who will wait on tables next Sunday is Sean Carroll who has served at all of the 45 parties. |
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| Fishing these rigs and baits is simple, tap the bottom with your sinker, reel up four or five turns and wait for the bite. |
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| But for Fred Storr, on the waiting list since November, the wait was too long. |
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| Desperate motorists say they face an hour wait when trying to leave the car park at the end of the day. |
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| Meanwhile, local families with loved ones on holiday in southern Asia face an anxious wait for news. |
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| The announcement ends a long wait for a permanent successor to Dean Robinson, who left the club in March. |
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| Unfortunately, a train has just left the station, and it will be quite a wait for the next one. |
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| Now she has been told that her operation has been postponed for two months in addition to the usual wait of three to four months. |
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| While they wait for the train, the prisoners eat their meager ration of bread. |
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| Reconciliation cannot wait for the ratification of a comprehensive peace treaty. |
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| Patients experience shorter wait times because they can plan ahead for a specific date and approximate procedure time. |
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| With only two lifts operational at any one time and 12 floors to service the wait intervals drove many to the stairs. |
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| When clients come to me I see them once or twice to see if I'm the right architect, and then there's the wait period. |
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| To warm down you have to wait until you loose the pump of your last exercise. |
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| Also today, news comes that British holidaymakers heading for the United States face a five-hour wait to check in. |
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| Travellers to North America face a further wait as US airspace remained closed this evening. |
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| Rather than making a mad dash and then facing an indefinite wait at the station, check Tubetrack for your next train. |
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| There's no word as to when his trial will take place, although a specially built courtroom is sitting in wait at Guantanamo Bay. |
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| A gang of thugs who lay in wait before attacking a man with a baseball bat and an iron bar could strike again, say detectives. |
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| The viciousness of the invective makes it seem like they must have had their knives sharpened for a long time, laying in wait for your next book. |
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| Lying in wait at so many of these turning points in Henman's career has been Canas. |
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| But their plan was foiled by detectives who were sitting in wait near the Swissport cargo warehouse on May 17 last year. |
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| They lay in wait for him on the York ring road, then rammed his car and attacked him with a monkey wrench. |
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| I don't know what plans he had but he was probably hiding in wait for the lights in the house to go out so that he could break in. |
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| There was just so much more to see and do but time and tide wait for no man, and my budget was going on a diet, losing weight fast. |
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| As to whether we have a capacity to go any further in future Budgets, you'll have to wait and see. |
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| They arrived at the hospital just after 4am and it was then wait and see for a number of hours. |
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| Whether this will ever filter down to street-level, though, we'll have to wait and see. |
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| I will have to wait and see how the weather goes during the morning as they say this part of the country is set to be hit by snow again today. |
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| I haven't been able to find much information on the actual risks to adults, so we'll have to wait and see. |
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| But they had to wait two years before construction was started with the jetty. |
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| Well, we have to wait and see in this case if the defense is going to put in for bail. |
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| Hopefully it won't be too bad to seriously affect my overall grade, I'll have to wait and see. |
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| However, Sligo must wait and see what the new team for the constituency will deliver. |
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| Scotland's best golfer is no fan of links golf and played very little of it as a youngster brought up in, wait for it, Leeds. |
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| Currently, the best Earth-bound instrument is called, wait for it, the Very Large Telescope. |
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| The lot causing most stir among Clemente collectors is, wait for it, debris from his smashed-up plane. |
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| Thankfully, that gap has now been closed by the arrival this year of the Festival of, wait for it, Politics. |
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| Cancer patients recovering in hospital will no longer have to wait on the postman for their get well soon cards. |
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| He's very, very powerful, a jack of all trades, that Clive. I can't wait for everybody to figure out how versatile he is. |
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| She had decided to wait on telling Fredi until the perfect moment, so she had to pretend as if nothing were wrong. |
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| Thank the Lord, you no longer feel compelled to wait up until midnight on New Year's Eve. |
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| Katrina stared open-mouthed and then after a moment of hesitation, she followed Ashley, shouting for her to wait up. |
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| I sassed when he caught up with me as I didn't wait up for him like he asked me too. |
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| We rode towards Baker Lake, but before reaching the lake stopped to wait up for Michael and Cathy. |
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| It is a startling admission from the manager who ended the club's 36-year wait for a trophy by lifting the Tennents Scottish Cup two years ago. |
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| We worry, and although Michelle is doing well, we wait for the other shoe to drop. |
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| In December she was finally put on the wait list, but then developed a lung infection that led to pneumonia. |
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| Then off to Day 1 of the city Training Development Skills class for which I have been on the wait list for a year. |
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| Because the school offers small class sizes, many of the courses have a wait list of three to six months. |
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| That leaves an empty seat, and the airline is unable to offer it to anybody on a wait list or a go-show. |
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| There is no need to wait on the engine as there is plenty of electric juice to launch the vehicle. |
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| The first 400 on The Crew's ticket wait list from the first show will have access to tickets to the second show. |
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| Almost nine months before, I had put down my name and my deposit on the wait list for a hybrid car. |
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| As of Dec. 4, 2003, the surgical wait list for Richmond Hospital sat at 4,500 patients. |
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| Because of our extensive wait list it is important that we start expansion now. |
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| The NDP's so-called commitment to health care has lead to longer wait lists, lots of out-dated medical equipment, and a shortage of nurses. |
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| Because of that some companies who were about to sign deals decided to wait before making a final decision. |
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| It's not a wait list, it's a reserve list, which basically means it takes longer for a decision to be made. |
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| Surgery was required and I was immediately admitted and put on the wait list for a surgical table. |
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| The company deliberately holds production below demand, guaranteeing a wait list for its stylish cars. |
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| Meaning that, you've got to fly business or be prepared to take a chance on the wait list. |
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| We didn't have long to wait before a cheerful waitress seated us at a small table for two near a window. |
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| And I didn't want to be a woman that stayed at home to wait for my husband to come home every night. |
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| One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. |
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| Multistream instruction processor able to reduce interlocks by having a wait state for an instruction stream. |
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| Nicola goes before the adjudicators on Wednesday evening and must wait like so many others until Thursday evening before she gets the result. |
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| There is much more to say about this subject, but that has to wait for another time. |
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| Now they would have to wait for some hours before the horses were able to walk again. |
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| Then you wait for an escort to walk you the remaining 40 yards to the main building. |
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| Now wait on a minute, I'm not suggesting anything even a wee bit subversive. |
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| On the rare occasion a car approaches the bridge when we are crossing, the drivers usually stop and wait for us to cross. |
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| Old seal wallows, treacherously covered with floating vegetation, lay in wait for the unwary. |
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| If you think this is worthless junk, wait until I post all my high school poetry! |
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| He said he would wait for a more appropriate time to put the questions to the Government. |
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| By hokey, you run an ad on telly with a mother not recognising her own son and wait for the jobbies to hit the fan. |
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| I had to wait until Hernandez and I were in the van rattling back to the hotel. |
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| They sat in the large leather armchairs to wait the arrival of the man on whom so much depended. |
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| In the end, Adams decided to contact them himself rather than wait another day. |
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| However, I am wondering what harm could it have done to wait another week until we got it right? |
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| A new survey reveals that less than a quarter of people wait on the platform to wave their loved one farewell until the train has pulled out. |
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| Most of the time they have to stand and wait because it remains true that governments lose elections rather than oppositions winning them. |
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| I really can't wait to get working on this one and I plan to start as soon as I finish these ramen noodles. |
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| At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us. |
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| Catching my eye he nodded and signaled to wait just a second. |
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| Quite often, I wait until Poppy has completely run out of any wearable pants before I reluctantly pull out the ironing board and get things creased down the centre line again. |
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| Thousands of children are on wait lists to get in charters and baraka insists that he supports them as part of the overall system. |
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| After lowering the bait, feel the sinker tap bottom, quickly reel in a few turns to take the rig clear of the snaggy rock bottom and wait for the fish to find the bait. |
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| But the higher price affords early registration for classes, a concierge service, and priority on wait lists. |
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| The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick. |
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| Some teachers, on the other hand, wait until their exit interview to voice concerns about conditions that have worn them down and driven them from the profession. |
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| Companies cannot wait for an academically perfect global framework. |
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| I couldn't wait to find out and if that made me a wanton woman so be it. |
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| And as Geoff was fond of saying, time and tide wait for no man. |
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| In the course of its review, one hospital said it was not uncommon for an acute medical patient to have to wait four or five days before treatment even began. |
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| I don't have time to wait around. If he's not here in five minutes, I'm leaving. |
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| But those long wait times are not necessarily a by-product of their single-payer system. |
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| Men may refuse the challenge of trying to right a ship on the verge of capsize, preferring to wait for an easier test. |
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| The vessel is presently still afloat but very low in the water, there is a pump on board and we will have to wait and see if it can be towed back to the shore. |
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| I can't wait till Christmas morning and we can set it up together. |
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| He admits he dreaded weekends and couldn't wait to get back to work. |
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| The wait seemed interminable, and slowly she nodded off to sleep. |
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| Her family faced an agonising wait to see the extent of her injuries. |
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| As for getting swift action, our 30-year wait speaks for itself. |
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| Trouble arose after the final whistle when a gang of 200 to 300 Leeds supporters gathered outside in wait for Cardiff fans leaving the Elland Road stadium. |
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| So we will have to wait and see what happens on Friday afternoon I guess. |
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| We'll wait on the beets until the next crop comes in with fresh tops. |
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| Normally this would be good news, since the steel tariffs were bad policy, but I think I'll wait for the other shoe to drop before I breathe a sigh of relief. |
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| It also wants the government to increase funding to reduce wait lists for surgery at B.C. hospitals and give doctors more say in rebuilding the health system, he said. |
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| If all the nodes in a network ignore interrupts from others until they reach a wait state, individual productivity of the node may go up, briefly. |
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| Unfortunately, as the old saying goes, time and tide wait for no man. |
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| People who believe they have shares tied up in the company will have to wait until High Court-appointed liquidator Tom Grace adjudicates on their claims. |
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| If you think that demonic powers are present at the moment, just wait until the saints have been raptured away and Satan and his armies have taken full control of the earth. |
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| At the end you want to rush out of the theatre into the sunshine, raise your arms to the heavens and wait for lightning to strike you, just to relieve the ache in your heart. |
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| It looks like it's raining crayons, as I wait for my elevator to arrive. |
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| And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. |
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| Have a glass of Washington wine by the massive river-rock fireplace, or stake out an Adirondack chair by the inn's lake while you wait for your table. |
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| The wait queue is a list of processes blocking on the semaphore. |
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| When there are deadlines, we tend to wait until the last moment, after which we line up in endless queues, swearing, as if someone has forced us to wait to the last day. |
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| At the few remaining watering holes, wolves lie in wait for wild camels. |
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| The sport Minister was not put out at having to wait over an hour for the world heavyweight boxing champion to appear at last week's press conference. |
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| The Greens cannot wait to jump into bed with the Labour Party. |
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| I'm a Washingtonian through and through can't wait to get back home! |
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| Agencies know from experience that their best bet is not to actively look for the absconder, but to wait and watch family members. |
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| Under our current model, we wait until an officer attains the rank of major before investing in the yearlong command and general staff officer course. |
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| His wife, Rita, would wait and pray until she would hear the bicycle squeeze horn he had affixed to the chair. |
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| They will amass forces big enough to overwhelm one of the combat outposts, then wait for the outpost to call for reinforcements. |
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| I wish there was like, a major chatroom, where you could take a number, wait for it to come up, and then just vent for 5-10 minutes to random people. |
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| The listing is not live now, as MMR has decided to wait for a second appraisal of the ring to be completed. |
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| Or perhaps next September is too long to wait for a demonstration of appreciation that is already overdue. |
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| This can be done without any appreciable harm to the plant, though of course it is better to wait until the rhizomes have matured in July before lifting and planting. |
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| In fact, Americans had to wait several hours until film of the event reached New York for it to be broadcast. |
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| Lynch avoids the packed Billy Wilder Theater to wait backstage, while Brand sits in the front row, bantering with his neighbors. |
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| In only two provinces, Ontario and b.c., are wait times shorter now than they were at the time of Chaoulli. |
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| They wear cute vest and drawstring jim-jams, do face packs, drink wine from Habitat goblets and wait for boy-band pretty pizza boys to deliver junk food. |
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| I can't wait to try Celebrity Adzuki Bean and Rice Cakes, as well as Chickpea Ratatouille. |
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| I'm a bit nervous. Could you keep me company while I wait for my blind date to arrive? |
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| We can't wait until the ground unfreezes so we can start gardening. |
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| We have to wait until they're ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time. |
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| But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens. |
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| But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage. |
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| She likes blingish rings. So I got it for her, she didn't know that I got it for her. I was going to wait for the right time to give it to her. |
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| Thinking that it might be Lord Carbury, and that, if so, he would probably not wait until half past nine to break his fast, she ran gaily off. |
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| The clincher was that we couldn't wait any longer to leave, or it would get dark. |
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| The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train. |
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| I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down. |
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| During the summer holidays I wait around for him to arrive so that I can get at the dandelion and burdock before my brothers do. |
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| Since making his debut in ODI's in 2012, Jos Buttler had to wait until 2014 for his Test debut. |
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| Afterwards, you go up with your oldies to the beer garden and you get a lemon squash and sit in the shade and wait for the Fremantle Doctor. |
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| We cannot wait for the summer! There are so many frogsome new things that we have planned. |
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| If you think you're in pain now, just wait until you see what tomorrow brings, you gizzardless coward. |
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| Still, at the time, I was dearly in need of a God-wink or two. And, as so often happens, I had to wait for them. |
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| Seaweed is delicious, and now that you've fallen in love with these ocean greens, you likely can't wait to polish off multiple bowlfuls each day. |
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| But shoppers do not have to wait till the GSS starts to go bargain hunting. |
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| I'm lucky enough to remember to take my horse pill, much less drop it into a glass and wait 45 minutes. |
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| Richard was keen to start his crusade, but was forced to wait for Henry to make his arrangements. |
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| Connor advises birders to wait until late in the winter to look for irruptives. |
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| The college statutes required them to fill the vacancy within a certain time and so could not wait for a further royal nomination. |
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| Emperor Francis wanted to wait and see how the British performed in their theater before entering into negotiations with Napoleon. |
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| Parker himself would wait in the Kattegat, covering Nelson's fleet in case of the arrival of the Swedish or Russian fleets. |
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| However, press reports in 2015 indicated that some patients had to wait longer. |
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| In November 2014, Labour announced plans to require new EU migrants wait two years before claiming benefits. |
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| We must work this out on our own and not wait for a knight in shining armor, who may never come. |
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| United Kingdom financial rules required that NASDAQ wait for a period of time before renewing its effort. |
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| In some business meetings, Friends wait for the clerk to acknowledge them before speaking. |
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| Black cockatoos screeched and scratched at the bark of a big old manna gum as if they couldn't wait to see it done for. |
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| The fugitives resolved to stay in the house and wait for the arrival of the King's men. |
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| Keyes did not wait for the hangman's command and jumped from the gallows, but he survived the drop and was led to the quartering block. |
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| Beowulf swims back up to the rim of the pond where his men wait in growing despair. |
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| They would then have the choice of walking the seven miles to Bluff Cove or wait until dark to sail there. |
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| Rather than wait for a doctor, Percy sat her in a bath of ice to staunch the bleeding, an act the doctor later told him saved her life. |
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| A wait of three years occurred between the release of Goblet of Fire and the fifth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. |
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| The public loved the film, with lines stretching outside of cinemas as people had to wait for the next showing. |
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| There would be a further wait until 1931 before a southern club, Arsenal, would win the League for the first time. |
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| If a permanent resident is denied naturalization, he or she must wait at least one year before reapplying. |
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| Cumberland decided to wait out the winter, and moved his troops northwards to Aberdeen. |
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| Convoys slowed the flow of supplies, since ships had to wait as convoys were assembled. |
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| He must never wait until attacked because he then loses the chance of acting. |
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| Dying patients are having to wait up to 8 hours for pain relief because overworked district nurses cannot get to them promptly. |
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| If you've only been on mones for a little while, you'll just have to be patient and wait to see what nature does for you. |
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| Weena, I was glad to find, was fast asleep. I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise. |
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| The median wait time for a consultant led first appointment in English hospitals is a little over 3 weeks. |
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| Since the nominations are kept secret for 50 years, you'll have to wait until then to find out. |
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| I drove home with the mystery bag on the seat beside me. I was going to do as he asked and wait until I got home to open it. |
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| Bulk carriers have to wait up to 18 days before being serviced, container ships 36,3 hours on average. |
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| After a muster on the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, the Scottish host moved to Ellemford, to the north of Duns, and camped to wait for Angus and Home. |
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| When the armies were within three miles of each other Surrey sent the Rouge Croix pursuivant to James, who answered that he would wait till noon. |
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| Despite her friendly gesture, Knox replied that he would continue to voice his convictions in his sermons and would not wait upon her. |
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| They had to wait their turn and took shelter at Ramage's Inn, where Burns wrote a poem entitled Pegasus at Wanlockhead. |
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| There are passing places, locally called 'pockets', where cars must wait to enable oncoming traffic to pass or overtake. |
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| On the ground, it lies in wait for prey, then catches it by executing a few leaps, which can span three metres. |
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| Wildcats hunting rabbits have been observed to wait above rabbit warrens for their prey to emerge. |
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| Customers will normally wait for these sales to purchase their home electronics and furniture. |
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| One polecat was reported to frequently wait at a riverbank and catch eels, which it took back to its burrow. |
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| A more generalized analysis of folklore in the electronic age will have to wait for further studies to be published in the field. |
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| The offerer must wait to learn if the offeree accepts the offer or rejects it. |
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| When she gets on her high horse there is not much to do but go along with it or wait for it to pass. |
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| Other submarines would wait for any larger German ships leaving the Jade estuary to help. |
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| Plans called for Soubise's force to wait for good winds, and then cross the Channel speedily from Le Havre landing in Portsmouth. |
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| Nelson had to wait until 15 September before his ship, HMS Victory, was ready to sail. |
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| Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel. |
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| If you wait til next week, you'll find yourself paying over the odds for the tickets. |
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| Leclerc ordered the sailors to fight it out and wait for relief by the French and British armies. |
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| Nicholson was told that the fighting troops would have to wait until 25 May. |
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| Wolverines usually wait until the wolves are done feeding, but have been known to drive away wolves from kills. |
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| The powerful monsoons also meant ships could easily sail west early in the season, then wait a few months and return eastwards. |
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| After payment of a ransom, slaves were often taken to a port to wait for the ransom to be finalized. |
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| They prefer to sit and wait for food rather than waste energy searching for it. |
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| Despite their victory at Louisbourg, the British decided to wait for the spring before heading further up the St Lawrence. |
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| Richomeres, sent by Gratian, carried a letter asking Valens to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Gratian before engaging in battle. |
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| Valens' officers also recommended that he wait for Gratian, but Valens decided to fight without waiting, ready to claim the ultimate prize. |
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| She thought that decipherment would have to wait for the discovery of bilingual texts. |
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| And then they would have to wait in India until the Winter to begin their return. |
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| After this experience, Magellan decided to wait for a few weeks more before resuming the voyage with the four remaining ships. |
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| More prayers and sacrifices were conducted for Tianfei by the crew during the wait for the northeast monsoon. |
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| Ma Huan recorded that the various detached ships reassembled in Malacca to wait for favorable winds before continuing their return. |
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| There, the fleet would wait for the favorable northeast monsoon of winter before leaving the Fujian coast. |
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| For this flyaway son of a Phoenician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board. |
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| Males must wait until they are at least seven years old to gain the opportunity to mate. |
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| As Dias's mission was for Sofala anyway, Cabral decides not to wait for it but rather to press on with his current fleet of six ships. |
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| At its completion all light in the church building is extinguished, and all wait in darkness and silence for the stroke of midnight. |
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| He had to wait for favorable winds, though, and was unable to send any forces until spring. |
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| For those places that were racially mixed, non whites had to wait until all white customers were dealt with. |
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| Any decision that requires the assent of the pope has to wait until the new pope has been elected and accepts office. |
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| But while she was with the Morels she queened it. She sat and let Annie or Paul wait on her as if they were her servants. |
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| When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in. |
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| If men are to wait for liberty until they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. |
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| The replacement worker can continue in the job and then the striking worker must wait for a vacancy. |
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| Instead, he decided to challenge Chesapeake as Broke was short on water and provisions and could not wait for Constitution. |
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| During these gatherings they would wait in silence and speak only when felt that God had inspired them to do so. |
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| The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one. |
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| Sit them in the dam, wait for the fire to pass over, everything will be ridgy-didge. |
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| What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish. |
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| You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number. |
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| A troop shelter remains with wooden benches where soldiers sat to wait their turn for practice. |
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| Lee's wait was ruthfully short, although he might have traded the first news that reached him for a return to uncertainty. |
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| Another school skive! I only realised this when my dentist's receptionist told me to expect a fair wait till I could be seen. |
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| Jordan sat tight against Mom's legs, the nightly position for her mandatory hundred strokes, because time, tide and snocksnarls wait for no man. |
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| They lay there in wait of travelers too weak or stupid to defend themselves, or too softminded to resist tossing them a coin. |
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| When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration. |
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| As we were driving home, large spludgy balls of sleet drummed against the roof of the car. We had to wait a while before getting out. |
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| Weakness was her enemy, the taloned beast that lived in her chest and couldn't wait to sharpen its fangs on her heart. |
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| Fans must wait for the network to release the exact airdate and names of the cast members. |
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| They would not think twice about asking you to wait a minute while they take another picture, or ask another question of the guide. |
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| With memory that slow, the processor is going to spend most of its time on wait states. |
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