Example sentences of "[art] [noun] be [adv] waiting for " in BNC.

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1 But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave .
2 It was difficult to reach an agreed policy and the CDP was now waiting for the CNAA to make the next move' .
3 Satisfied , he knelt and cleansed his hands in a pool of salt water and walked back down to where the ferryman was patiently waiting for him .
4 The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine .
5 The governors were still waiting for action one year later .
6 He was n't afraid , though the man was evidently waiting for him , not moving at all .
7 If there had ever been a time when it had been a whim and not an obligation , that time was gone now ; the thing was there waiting for him , blocking his path , and there was no way round it to his manhood .
8 Meanwhile , the receiver is still waiting for the club 's chairman , Samesh Kumar , and his two brothers to resign from Birmingham 's board of directors .
9 HUNDREDS of farmers throughout the province are still waiting for final payments under the Sheep Annual Payment .
10 The restaurant is still waiting for a visit from Opposition leader John Smith .
11 Andover had closed down and the ramp was just waiting for fate .
12 The Office is now waiting for approval from the European Community , which is partly funding the project : agreement by the EC is expected to help Hewlett-Packard in its aim of making the Hungarian system a reference point for other Eastern European state organisations .
13 I hated the place when I lived there and yet today I had the odd sort of feeling that the house was just waiting for me to go and live in it again . ’
14 Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one .
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