Example sentences of "waiting for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is expecting to be met by a local member of Committee staff and so is not surprised when a young Thai dressed formally in dark trousers and white short-sleeved shirt and carrying a dark peaked cap comes up to her and says , ‘ Excuse me , you are waiting for some-one ? ’ |
| 2 | Tyrone farmer Martin Brogan , from Gortin , said : ‘ Our counterparts in the Republic have received their payments over two weeks ago and we are still waiting for ours . |
| 3 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 4 | Have we any answer to the jibe , ‘ If it is the right thing to do , you would be doing it now instead of waiting for everyone else' ? ’ |
| 5 | And I thought blimey , he 's a mongol , you know , when you 're looking at them , and then I was looking at the nurses and waiting for everyone to say something , and nobody said nothing . |
| 6 | The abbot 's guests had dispersed decorously , Rémy and Earl Robert in amicable company to the guesthall , where Bénezet was already returned from his evening in the town , in good time to attend his lord , as the earl 's two squires stood ready and waiting for theirs . |
| 7 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 8 | The problem with Channel 5 is that it is not lying empty , like a new motorway just waiting for somebody to cut the ribbon . |
| 9 | I 'm sure I would have missed it had I not been waiting for somebody nearby . |
| 10 | She was staring straight past me , sitting very still , as though waiting for somebody to come out of the house . |
| 11 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
| 12 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 13 | You 're waiting for somebody to audit and find something wrong . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I feel myself that there are people out there who have information but are waiting for somebody else to come forward . |
| 15 | When we were , that Sunday when we all sat here waiting for somebody to say something . |
| 16 | I was waiting for somebody to pass the creme caramel out of the fridge . |
| 17 | I 'm waiting for somebody |
| 18 | Are you waiting for somebody coming ? |
| 19 | I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it . |
| 20 | She knew she 'd be happier with a specific task to take her mind off things rather than just sitting about waiting for whatever might happen next , even if it was only the passing of time . |
| 21 | All around them people sat on their boxes and held on to precious bundles , patiently waiting for whatever might happen next . |
| 22 | We 've got to be pro-active about this , it 's no good simply sitting back and waiting for whatever government is in power , to impose certain regulations , certain restrictions , certain proposals . |
| 23 | Everyone 's waiting for what might happen with arts subsidies . |
| 24 | ‘ I am still waiting for what happened to Dylan to happen to me . |
| 25 | Allen held his breath waiting for what she would say . |
| 26 | Waiting for what ? |
| 27 | The class remained quiet , watching her and waiting for what was coming next . |
| 28 | She was waiting for what was coming next . |
| 29 | Reggie and Mary opposite each other , so amiable and self-assured ; Alice sitting at the head of that table , waiting for what would come her way . |
| 30 | He rested on the water waiting for what he knew was going to happen . |