Example sentences of "waited for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It waited for him in Zürich , Poshekhonov would say , the pay-off . |
| 32 | Rudakov knew the pitfalls , knew of the knives that waited for him . |
| 33 | And Holly was gone , moving to where a space waited for him beside Poshekhonov . |
| 34 | Ginny waited for him to break the silence . |
| 35 | The words fell into the silence and Hari waited for him to continue . |
| 36 | We waited for him all Saturday . |
| 37 | She waited for him to ask her if she was lonely , but he did n't , merely drank his tea obediently , like a child with hot milk . |
| 38 | Outside in the hall , his team leader waited for him . |
| 39 | He wanted to return to England where a bride and a house and a secure civilian future waited for him . |
| 40 | It is a matter of dispute how they parted ; friends of Hayward suggest that Eliot left Carlyle Mansions on the morning of the marriage , leaving only a note of explanation behind — or , even , that he told Hayward as the taxi waited for him in the street below . |
| 41 | She waited for him to offer to help clear it , but that did not occur to him . |
| 42 | Alice sat down in the chair opposite her father 's and waited for him to recover . |
| 43 | She waited for him to go on . |
| 44 | I knocked on the wall and then opened the door and waited for him . |
| 45 | At the Finnish border , a sturdy man with a dark face and a broad smile waited for him . |
| 46 | I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year . |
| 47 | Gedanken waited for him to carry on . |
| 48 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |
| 49 | In the water , a big wooden ship waited for him . |
| 50 | His sabotage had opened all the doors around the ship , and the ramp waited for him invitingly . |
| 51 | She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together . |
| 52 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 53 | She stepped back and waited for him to comment on her dress . |
| 54 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 55 | He lived his separate life and she waited for him to falter and slip back into alcohol . |
| 56 | She looked at Conradin 's white face , and waited for him to cry or to be angry . |
| 57 | Joseph hung back walking slowly as the others moved on again , and his mother , noticing his discomfited expression , waited for him at the side of the track . |
| 58 | Coy paused and Adam waited for him to continue . |
| 59 | Coy waited for him to finish his deliberations . |
| 60 | I went out after the thief , I waited for him to return , and God pity me , I killed that innocent man ! ’ |