waited

The minister rejected a Liberal Democrat calls to scrap the ban on asylum seekers working if they have waited more than three months for a decision.

Some former prisoners said they waited years to get the jobs or treatment they wanted.

"I took a deep breath and waited for the whistle, and as Tony told me, I took it with my left foot."

They then seeded this 'soil' mixture and waited for the plants to take root.

As I waited for brain surgery, I instinctively pressed record on my phone camera, thinking I might be documenting the final months of my life.