He waits, knowing that silence will prompt her to say more.
He stopped playing in the middle of a phrase, and we all waited, knowing that something special was about to happen.
He repositioned the boots under his arms, and he waited, knowing that this was as far as he could go, that he couldn't survive another swim.
"As long as the frog did not move, the Indians from the village did not move, and therefore the policeman waited, knowing that there was no need to hurry.
I sent him the draft statement and waited, knowing full well that I'd never hear back.
Mrs. Sands just waited, knowing enough to keep her hands off.
She dozes off before the physician comes home, with the result that he retires without knowing that Lita is waiting in his study.
And I know he died knowing that".
And part of the fun is its predictability: you just wait, as the band builds momentum, knowing that before too long the noise will die down and the song will seem to end and then that guitar line will come back to life, sounding even slower than it did before.
And knowing that Rameau's Les Fêtes d'Hébé had waited 278 years for its UK stage premiere didn't do much to dispel my forebodings.
