Example sentences of "[pron] was waiting for [pron] [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 | I was waiting for somebody to pass the creme caramel out of the fridge . |
| 4 | Listening to Friends on the album , I was waiting for it to modulate to a minor key in the middle … |
| 5 | I was waiting for it to show up an confront us . |
| 6 | I was waiting for you to gong me , ’ he told police . |
| 7 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 8 | I was waiting for you to delve . |
| 9 | ‘ But all that day and the next few days I was waiting for someone to come in . |
| 10 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 11 | There was a pause ; she was waiting for him to react . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | She was waiting for him to kiss her , he realized , and it seemed suddenly to be the natural thing to do . |
| 15 | She was waiting for him to come home , when Liddy knocked and entered . |
| 16 | She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | It was waiting for something to happen ; as she too was waiting for something to happen — something which must , at all costs , be forbidden . |
| 19 | It was waiting for her to go . |
| 20 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |
| 21 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He was waiting for her to open the conversation , but his manner was so cold and distant that she found it difficult to begin . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 26 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 27 | He was waiting for them to leave . |
| 28 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 29 | Cowslip himself was at the other end of the hall and Hazel realized that he was waiting for him to reply . |
| 30 | He was waiting for him to get up . |