Example sentences of "[prep] be wait for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the trees and the flowers all seemed to be waiting for something to happen . |
| 2 | With talk of the Iranians having mobilized half a million combat troops , Iraq made arrangements for a formidable assembly of Soviet helicopter gunships and other matériel to be waiting for them . |
| 3 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
| 4 | They seemed to be waiting for me to do something . |
| 5 | There was a pause ; he seemed to be waiting for her permission . |
| 6 | Everyone seemed to be waiting for her reaction , and she saw that Tom , in particular , was observing her narrowly . |
| 7 | There was a ten-ton truck supposed to be waiting for us at Dili but it was n't there . |
| 8 | With his clammy hands and his face furrowed at nothing more than the flap of pigeons ' wings or the sight of a meter maid , he seemed to be waiting for it . |