Example sentences of "[conj] i was wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 2 | ‘ being a common prostitute ’ Proof of this point must be available to negate any defence of accident or mistake , e.g. ‘ That I was waiting for my boy friend or taxi etc . ’ |
| 3 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 4 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 5 | Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show . |
| 6 | I wanted to put a a morning on when I realised there was problems here just a morning an open morning which would of brought probably nine hundred thousand pounds into this building , in July I came in to try to see the Director of the playhouse I could n't go through the written way because I was waiting for exam date to come through . |
| 7 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 8 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ By the way , sir , while I was waiting for Fowler to relieve me , I checked with the constable at Morvyl . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I met the Colonel 's wife while I was waiting for Martinho outside church one sunny afternoon . |