Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] waiting " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 2 | But … but I will worry if I think you are hanging on waiting , because it 's no good . |
| 3 | ‘ She ; s come to make a hit , she should be so lucky , ’ the trio had joked as a nervous Kylie had sat patiently waiting to see them . |
| 4 | One of the worries about the limit on inpatient waiting times was that instead of tackling long waiting it would merely shift delays and patients would end up waiting longer for outpatient consultations . |
| 5 | Paula picked up her try and moved aside waiting for him , flushed with pleasure at seeing a familiar face . |
| 6 | At the edge of the woods the crofters snatched up waiting spears and ready-strung bows to drive the Macleans back to the huts and the eager blades . |
| 7 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 8 | When you 've botched a job a dozen times you do n't hang around waiting to try one more time , you abandon it . |
| 9 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
| 10 | Maybe Rohan had thought so too , and gone for a walk , rather than hang around waiting , and getting frozen . |
| 11 | I 'll never get married again , so do n't hang around waiting for it , and do n't expect to have me at your beck and call , because that is n't how I am . |
| 12 | Your dramatic gestures will certainly mesmerize them , but they will be staring apprehensively at the glass , or laughing hysterically waiting for it to fall ! |
| 13 | In fact , he had hung on waiting for her to go , avoiding her . |
| 14 | She said soothingly that , really , I should n't worry as these things often took three to four weeks to sort out , and I should carry on waiting . |
| 15 | order was heard still waiting for her word |
| 16 | We want three hundred people by the end of this year because the business we 've already got just waiting to be done in phenomenal . |
| 17 | Drawn up waiting for them were their friends : the men landed early that morning by their companion ships at the mouth of the Leven . |
| 18 | If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to . |
| 19 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 20 | But her five other children lie nearby waiting to die |
| 21 | ‘ I had to be occupied , it 's so demoralizing just waiting around . |
| 22 | He was in a Niagara Falls jail yesterday waiting to hear if he would be sent back to Britain after being refused entry to America . |
| 23 | Your poor visitors had come miles , had to wait to be taken from the prison gate to the gym , and then had to queue up waiting to hand in a bunch of flowers or something trivial , and then it all had to be signed for , then the screws came over to your table and you had to sign for it . |
| 24 | Timed out waiting for DC … to be agreed |
| 25 | Timed out waiting for LIFESPAN mail message … check manually |
| 26 | She smiled a faint smile for the people who hung around waiting for more drama . |
| 27 | When I left Nellie I hung about waiting for Dad 's protection but he did n't appear . |
| 28 | Should we then insist that it is all SEGLAB 's fault and sit back waiting for it to improve ? |
| 29 | Well I think the only difference is I say to her I hope you 're still cos she said to me you can come , I said I 'm coming straight round yours christmas day , I 'm not coming home waiting for you to come back , you do n't come till half past ten ! |
| 30 | If you were last the food would be cold , because it all used to be laid out waiting for you to collect . |