Example sentences of "was waiting for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was waiting for somebody to pass the creme caramel out of the fridge . |
| 2 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 3 | He was waiting for them to leave . |
| 4 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 5 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 6 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 7 | ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’ |
| 8 | He was waiting for her to open the conversation , but his manner was so cold and distant that she found it difficult to begin . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was waiting for her to go . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Everyone was waiting for her to speak , to smile — to submit . |
| 13 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 14 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 15 | Mungo had a strong sensation that the dark cavity was waiting for something to happen . |
| 16 | It was waiting for something to happen ; as she too was waiting for something to happen — something which must , at all costs , be forbidden . |
| 17 | It was waiting for something to happen ; as she too was waiting for something to happen — something which must , at all costs , be forbidden . |
| 18 | He thought that the Robemaker was waiting for him to do so ; perhaps somehow to indicate that he would ask for mercy , but he had done nothing . |
| 19 | I was waiting for him to say they were drugged to keep them quiet — their huge eyes blinked as if they were half asleep . |
| 20 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | Knowing how highly strung he was , everyone was waiting for him to crack — including me — but this was a different Tom . |
| 23 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |
| 24 | She was waiting for him to kiss her , he realized , and it seemed suddenly to be the natural thing to do . |
| 25 | There was a pause ; she was waiting for him to react . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | She was waiting for him to come home , when Liddy knocked and entered . |
| 29 | She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang . |
| 30 | little boy had been to school and his mother and father was waiting for him to come home . |