While Annette couldn't wait to take off the burqa and wear those shorts she had on, when I go out in public, I cannot wait to protect myself and, make private one of my most valued possessions: my beauty.
Johnson couldn't wait to take off his winter coat.
Overbooked airports frequently lead to runway congestion, forcing travellers to spend long hours stranded on the tarmac while they wait to take off or disembark.
"These are not the uncomfortable, tourniquet-type stockings women couldn't wait to take off," said Cathy Volker, executive vice president of global licensing for Donna Karan, which in September began selling the first new line of stockings the company had introduced to the marketplace in 10 years.
Not long ago, the summer suit came in two basic forms, both of them unappealing: a conservatively styled, tropical-weight wool that you couldn't wait to take off; or a cartoonishly old-fashioned style in, say, seersucker or linen that you could rarely muster the enthusiasm to put on.
It was only 10 a.m., but Dr. Sroka was already behind schedule, with patients backed up in the waiting room like planes waiting to take off at La Guardia Airport.
As she waited, it did not take off.
The Yankees reverted to their version of rope-a-dope with Milton tonight, waiting, taking pitches, fending off his fastballs by peeling fly balls into the stands.
Enterprise, and I sat in a jet cockpit on the flight deck waiting to take off.
But lines remained at the security checkpoints as weary passengers waited to take off their shoes and have their carry-on baggage inspected all over again.
"I just try to approach every game the same," Wacha said on a conference call as he waited to take off.
