Example sentences of "[pron] was waiting for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I was waiting for him to say they were drugged to keep them quiet — their huge eyes blinked as if they were half asleep . |
| 3 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 4 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 5 | I was waiting for him to say he went out and rolled in the snow because that 's the proper end is n't it ? |
| 6 | Listening to Friends on the album , I was waiting for it to modulate to a minor key in the middle … |
| 7 | I was waiting for it to show up an confront us . |
| 8 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |
| 9 | I was waiting for you to gong me , ’ he told police . |
| 10 | I was waiting for you . |
| 11 | I was waiting for you to delve . |
| 12 | I was waiting for you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 14 | I was waiting for you … and then after that night I was here with you , I tried to convince myself that it was over , that I did n't need any more . |
| 15 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 16 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 17 | Someone was waiting for him . |
| 18 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 19 | Three days after leaving Alexandria the whole column met up with Timpson 's LRDG patrol , which was waiting for them . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 22 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 23 | ‘ She was waiting for me . |
| 24 | She was waiting for me . ’ |
| 25 | When he went upstairs , she was waiting for him . |
| 26 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
| 27 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 28 | She was waiting for him to come home , when Liddy knocked and entered . |
| 29 | She was waiting for him to kiss her , he realized , and it seemed suddenly to be the natural thing to do . |
| 30 | She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang . |