Example sentences of "[pron] waited [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I waited at the ‘ phone and Jean-Luc Ponty rang me , and two days later I auditioned at his house . |
| 2 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 3 | I waited at the carousel , Gillie fetched a trolley , and by the time she got back the bags had already come up . |
| 4 | I waited at his home with Tom Redruth . |
| 5 | After that I waited at the harbour until it was safe to go back to the beach without seeing the person I was dodging . ’ |
| 6 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 7 | No I waited at the |
| 8 | I waited outside the window and watched . |
| 9 | She fully expected him to ignore her sarcastic question , or , in his delightfully blunt fashion , tell her he was out for a walk , not an idle chinwag , when , to cause her to falter in her stride , ‘ How about — where you 'd been last Thursday while I waited outside your flat for you to come home ? ’ |
| 10 | I waited to be clipped and pinned , stamped and spiked . |
| 11 | I waited with hovering impatience for Nell to arrive , which she did at length in a straight black skid ( worse and worse ) with a prim coffee blouse and unobtrusive gold earrings . |
| 12 | I waited with bated breath for this statement to be interpreted in some tactful way , such as , ‘ Could you please check your figures since mine are at variance with yours ? ’ |
| 13 | I waited with bated breath . |
| 14 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 15 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 16 | I remember , I waited for her in the waiting room . |
| 17 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 18 | When you stayed away from me , I would try in vain to will you back beside me : then , long after the dinner I waited for you to share but had to eat alone , I would wander out into the stony streets , hoping to bump into you , to glimpse you sitting in a bar or on a park bench : |
| 19 | I waited for exclamations of horror from above , for someone to call Harry 's name in alarm , for some natural innocent reaction to the floor 's collapse . |
| 20 | I waited for energy , but it did n't materialise . |
| 21 | While I waited for my hamburger to grill , the proprietor offered to photograph me , with my own camera , fondling a chameleon . |
| 22 | Another three weeks passed as I waited for the reassuring ‘ chit ’ . |
| 23 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 24 | When I got back to my room I waited for my friend Malleson . |
| 25 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 26 | Red in the face and thoroughly hot and uncomfortable , I waited for the laughter to subside . |
| 27 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 28 | I waited for my rescuer . |
| 29 | I waited for help . |
| 30 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |