Example sentences of "waiting for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 2 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 3 | The emigrants ' discomfort was aggravated by tantalising radio reports of the steaming soup tureens , hot water and clean clothes waiting for them at the reception centre in Hof , West Germany . |
| 4 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 5 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 6 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 7 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
| 8 | They found their parents waiting for them at the top of a wide terrace of marble steps , and the governor 's aide-de-camp conducted them to the reception through a series of lofty , marble-floored chambers forty feet high . |
| 9 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 12 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 13 | Look , I do n't know a lot about this sort of thing , but surely it would go in your favour if you went to the police and told them everything of your own accord without waiting for them to … to … ? ’ |
| 14 | I 'm waiting for them to well they 're going to fix it soon . |
| 15 | He was sitting waiting for them with a bone in his mouth . |
| 16 | He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor . |
| 17 | They reached the stables and found Murtach waiting for them with his sword strapped to his back and a quiver of arrows at his hip . |
| 18 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon . |
| 23 | There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating . |
| 24 | It was a relief to both of them to reach home and find Helen and Anne waiting for them in Magdalen Street , with a hot meal prepared and a warm welcome from them and Moira . |
| 25 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 26 | Beyond that lay the Germans ' barbed wire , and beyond that still the Germans , waiting for them in their trenches . |
| 27 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 28 | Waiting for me on deck is the black guy with the beard , the one called Rufus . |
| 29 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 30 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |