Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was waiting for him to say they were drugged to keep them quiet — their huge eyes blinked as if they were half asleep . |
| 2 | I was waiting for him to say he went out and rolled in the snow because that 's the proper end is n't it ? |
| 3 | Listening to Friends on the album , I was waiting for it to modulate to a minor key in the middle … |
| 4 | I was waiting for it to show up an confront us . |
| 5 | I was waiting for you to gong me , ’ he told police . |
| 6 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 7 | I was waiting for you to delve . |
| 8 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 9 | There was a pause ; she was waiting for him to react . |
| 10 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 11 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
| 12 | She was waiting for him to kiss her , he realized , and it seemed suddenly to be the natural thing to do . |
| 13 | She was waiting for him to come home , when Liddy knocked and entered . |
| 14 | She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang . |
| 15 | He met people , made friends and absent-mindedly let them drive him home to his parents , forgetting the bride upstairs who was waiting for him to come and claim his ‘ marital rights ’ . |
| 16 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 17 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
| 18 | You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range . |
| 19 | Originally it was planned for them to eliminate enemies of the Islamic Republic , but this mission was deemed more important . |
| 20 | As in the past , he was anxious to know what my new job was like , and it was reassuring for me to learn that he thought that such work was very much needed . |
| 21 | It was waiting for her to go . |
| 22 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |
| 23 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 24 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
| 25 | He was waiting for her to open the conversation , but his manner was so cold and distant that she found it difficult to begin . |
| 26 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 27 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 28 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 29 | He was waiting for them to leave . |
| 30 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |