Some viewers will be charmed by this ruminative stance; others, less well-disposed, may ask themselves if Bale has forgotten his next line and is calmly awaiting a prompt.
This time, the National utterly refuses to buttonhole listeners; the music calmly awaits attention, but amply repays it.
"This strike action has not achieved anything and I once again call on the RMT leadership to calmly await the outcome of the employment tribunal without any further strikes.
Now it is Wotton, his claims of unlawful discrimination by police substantially upheld by the federal court, who calmly awaits a formal police apology to his community "so that it can move forward".
Growing up with her father as part of a fundamentalist sect, Judith is the fervent one of the family, a girl for whom loss of faith is the worst thing of all, who loves to read the Bible aloud, go doorstepping to preach with her father, and sit at home to – solemnly and calmly – await the approaching Armageddon, when all non-believers will meet their end.
Once there I calmly awaited the boffin and his final reckoning.
Hours later, Subianto exhorted his supporters to calmly await the announcement of official results, saying of his rival, "If there is anyone who would like to claim [victory] please go ahead.
By the time they're caught in the clutches of the ominous black hole, they're apparently so resigned to being jerked around by the universe that they just hold hands and calmly await their fate".
With Chang hunkering miserably on his side of the court, awaiting Raoux's serve at match point, the 27-year-old underdog calmly dusted off his glasses and fired an ace down the middle.
My dear, with your love I can calmly face my impending trial, having no regrets about the choices I've made and optimistically awaiting tomorrow.
He calmly discussed how at the height of the violence, a gangster could be seen on every corner of the plaza, acting as a lookout or awaiting a payoff.
