Example sentences of "was waiting for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was waiting for somebody to pass the creme caramel out of the fridge . |
| 2 | She was waiting for what was coming next . |
| 3 | All they were doing was waiting for their Dad . |
| 4 | Up the slope , at the top of his semi-circular steps , Alexander Menzies was waiting for them in his best silk coat like a dandy at a ball , with a straightfaced young man standing by his side . |
| 5 | The Land Rover bumped along the track to where the young detective constable , looking chilled and ti red , was waiting for them . |
| 6 | Ross Perot , a Texas billionaire , advanced $1m as a down-payment , but no hostages appeared off Cyprus where Secord was waiting for them . |
| 7 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 8 | The catapult was waiting for them . |
| 9 | Three days after leaving Alexandria the whole column met up with Timpson 's LRDG patrol , which was waiting for them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 12 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 13 | They made their way back , not to the abbey but the castle , Corbett sending ahead one of his escort to ask Wishart for an audience and when they arrived the old , foxy-faced Bishop was waiting for them in his now sweltering chambers , though still swathed in fur-trimmed robes . |
| 14 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 15 | He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor . |
| 16 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 17 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 18 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 19 | If the maid had arrived and was waiting for them she would have to be driven back to Mondano . |
| 20 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 21 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 22 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 23 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 24 | Dada , looking very small and distinguished , was waiting for them . |
| 25 | He was waiting for them to leave . |
| 26 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
| 27 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 28 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 29 | He was waiting for them , alert , smartly turned-out and radiating helpfulness . |
| 30 | The surgical team were scrubbed and in Theatre ready , but Andrew Barrett , the paediatrician , was waiting for them as they pulled up . |