wait

Object

• list: Are you on the waiting list for an NHS hearing aid?
• while: Looking after them may mean encouraging them to wait a while.
• minute: Wait a minute, weren't Irish American groups responsible for funding IRA activities.
• til: The master waits til all worker output has been transferred to the master host.
• room: Inside, being given preference over a dozen people sitting in a waiting room, she is ushered into the office of Albert Einstein.
• time: In 1997, the maximum waiting time was over 18 months.

Preposition: on

• trolley: Patients waiting on trolleys more than 12 hours... .

Noun used with modifier

• cant: For heavens sake, we cant wait that long!
• cannot: This may be longer on busy weekends as the trains cannot wait for late passengers.

Adjective modifier

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

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: No more waiting around for a support desk to process your instructions.

Infinitive complement

• hear: I can't wait to hear the next joke.
• happen: But against all odds, there's a youth revolution waiting to happen.
• pounce: Howard wanted to resign or sensed that he had no choice because ambitious rivals were waiting to pounce in the aftermath of another defeat.
• see: With each passing day, he finds himself waiting to see what will come out of her mouth next.

Preposition: in

• wing: It bodes well for the long list of China IPOs waiting in the wings.

Preposition: for

• bus: Picture, if you will, a queue of Afghan women waiting for a bus.
• appointment: Luton & Dunstable Delivery of key targets Number waiting for inpatient appointment... .
• reply: We are will waiting for final replies from partner sites, specifically Aberystwyth.
• transplant: Despite those successes, almost 500 people died waiting for a transplant because no suitable donated organ was available.