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Example sentences of "just waiting [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Not just waiting on me , McAllister , ’ he answered — he seemed to have an answer for everything , she thought .
2	Because you 're not , although you 're using the power space , the power er er of the production line or equipment , they might not be , that might not be what you 're making , you 're just using that kit and you need the supplier of that kit to bring an engineer in and you need to get a part of it , but you want control of that rather than just waiting on a supplier to do it for you .
3	We 'll go erm to our next caller very shortly who 's just waiting on the line , so if we can go to that caller yet , we ca n't just for the moment I 'm told .
4	and then we 're just waiting with Western House , I 'm going to give them a buzz about one o'clock and ask them what the hell they 're playing at !
5	The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over .
6	‘ I 'm just waiting for a cab . ’
7	he replied , ‘ There are bastards around just waiting for someone to cop it , then they dash out and pinch his bloody boots . ’
8	It is a treadmill , but if an artist is n't prepared to do it , there are two or three hundred others just waiting for their chance .
9	Of course , for every Miss Miniver of 1909 there was probably an Ann Veronica , her dormant and delicious sexuality just waiting for H. G. Wells , New Man that he was , to wave his magic wand .
10	The problem with Channel 5 is that it is not lying empty , like a new motorway just waiting for somebody to cut the ribbon .
11	Property : The frustrated architects just waiting for a call
12	But you 're just waiting for it to happen . ’
13	Andover had closed down and the ramp was just waiting for fate .
14	In New York , Tel Aviv , Athens , at a big reception or among friends , taking a curtain call with his dancers , chatting to a stranger , even just waiting for something , he looks easy , interested , at home .
15	Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time .
16	He could be seen most mornings at the door of his shop in Wimbledon Village , arms crossed , mouth twisted in a superior sneer , just waiting for the chance to decode the small print on the front of buses .
17	Now there 's a hot-bed that 's just waiting for an explosion .
18	‘ Very likely just waiting for one of the girls from the theatre . ’
19	Other car makers will tell you they have similar projects on the drawing board , just waiting for management approval .
20	It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen .
21	And the days passed and the nights passed and it seemed to be just waiting for death .
22	‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ?
23	‘ I 'm just waiting for your comment . ’
24	Reptiles become progressively more efficient , just waiting for improvements which only increasing size facilitates , eventually anticipating full homeothermy .
25	Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale .
26	Just waiting for the flash line to ring , not even knowing whether the kidnappers would have heard the radio show at all , or how they would react if they had , made Sam nauseous from stress .
27	‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’
28	‘ We understand he 's still in Moscow , and he 's just waiting for the work permit to come through before signing for us . ’
29	I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’
30	I know that there will be people just waiting for me to be injured and say ‘ I told you so ’ but I am confident that , this time , it 's not going to happen . ’