Example sentences of "[prep] waiting to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donaldson was not , however , quite correct in stating that Burn always followed the Vitruvian principle of waiting to be sought . |
| 2 | Instead of waiting to be salvaged , some of the inhabitants had got together in an effort to cheer things up , and , so far as I could gather from the film , they were busying themselves pasting pieces of brightly coloured plastic over broken windows . |
| 3 | One must allow the darkness and period of waiting to be ; probing and prodding can cause the embryo to abort . |
| 4 | The majority of developers are unlikely to adopt the passive role of waiting to be advised or only investigating advertised sites . |
| 5 | It was then a question of waiting to be called up and none of us had any idea how long this would be . |
| 6 | The following day : ‘ Oh how I envy those who can charge with a bayonet instead of waiting to be buried by a shell , ’ and , finally , the admission : |
| 7 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 8 | He must have left after he 'd — he would n't hang about inside waiting to be caught , would he ? ’ |
| 9 | In general , our policy should be to proceed with building our state block by block , without waiting to be given a gift of it through negotiations . |
| 10 | Without waiting to be summoned Gennaro rose and excused himself again . |
| 11 | Without waiting to be shown , she walked through the primitive kitchen and on to a small balcony perched perilously above the red-tiled roofs of the houses below . |
| 12 | Without waiting to be invited he sat down beside her and crossed his legs , the trousers riding up almost to his calf . |
| 13 | She did as he said , and took the spare seat without waiting to be asked . |
| 14 | Before she could shape a probing question he urged his horse forward and without waiting to be encouraged Rain 's mare sped after it . |
| 15 | He sat down , and without waiting to be asked she too relaxed into the familiar chair in front of his desk . |
| 16 | He flung himself into a chair without waiting to be asked . |
| 17 | But if you fancy a bit of exploring , there 's a world outside waiting to be discovered , from the peaceful charm of local life to the hustle and bustle of markets and bazaars . |
| 18 | The makings of a quite substantial tomato salad mystique are scattered around waiting to be gathered up by some enterprising buyer who will get the produce flown in from Barcelona or Marseilles , Naples , Valencia or even possibly from Portugal , where the tomatoes are as good and plentiful as anywhere in Mediterranean lands . |