Example sentences of "they be waiting for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 2 | They 're waiting for us to open the gate . ’ |
| 3 | He cleared the image and , for a while sat there , conscious that they were waiting for him to say what was on his mind . |
| 4 | But there was no malice in their interest and I sometimes had the feeling that they were waiting for me to turn round and hand them a bag of toffees , with instructions to share them out fairly and not throw the papers on the floor . |
| 5 | They were waiting for me to get beaten . |