Example sentences of "waiting for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony 's waiting for his Pot Noodles so I 'd better be off . |
| 2 | I can see fields and reservoirs and a motorway service station , and , given the proper magnification , I could probably make out Parish Clerk Weekley still on his roof waiting for his next photocall . |
| 3 | Mrs Shirley Hayden , headteacher of Our Lady 's school in nearby Crowthorne , Berks , said : ‘ Oliver had been waiting for his mother to pick him up as usual at 3.15pm . |
| 4 | Victor Wilcox lies awake , in the dark bedroom , waiting for his quartz alarm clock to bleep . |
| 5 | She sighed as if relieved of a huge weight and leaned against his chest , waiting for his arms to go round her , her heart singing as his heart thudded fast beside her cheek . |
| 6 | Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping . |
| 7 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
| 8 | He did so without waiting for his father 's permission . |
| 9 | Stirred by thoughts of heroic deeds against the cruel and monstrous Saracens , Richard chafed , waiting for his father and Philip of France to settle their differences . |
| 10 | Arthur did just that , and the man walked out on to the platform without waiting for his change . |
| 11 | Dennis hated being kept waiting for his drink . |
| 12 | Without waiting for his nod and wave Tom strode past the security man to the block of six lifts beyond him . |
| 13 | The model stood motionless , clad in nothing but her bra and stockings , waiting for his instructions . |
| 14 | He is waiting for his friend . |
| 15 | She was no longer safely where he had left her and waiting for his return . |
| 16 | Although he now had the potential earning power of any major movie star , he nevertheless remained on unemployment benefit while waiting for his agent to find the right new vehicle for him . |
| 17 | Spry , who has spent the duration of the interview waiting for his chicken and pineapple pizza to arrive , flicks through a copy of Vogue Collection . |
| 18 | He usually guessed at the contents of letters , and stood around waiting for his guesses to be confirmed . |
| 19 | He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors ' decision about the manager 's job . |
| 20 | He said mischievously of Saturday 's rival manager Ron Atkinson : ‘ Despite his spells with West Brom , Manchester United , Sheffield Wednesday and now Villa , he 's still waiting for his first League Championship . |
| 21 | If he 's on his own , and not waiting for his friends to come in and help him , sooner or later he has to come and get you . |
| 22 | He did not mind , because he was waiting for his boy to come home from school and then he 'd have his run along the riverbank . |
| 23 | That beast is just waiting for his chance . |
| 24 | Waiting for his break , he supported himself with a series of odd jobs : driving limos , handing out cigarette samples and even dressing up in a giant chicken costume to promote a fast-food franchise . |
| 25 | Two-Dogs-Dying had shrugged , and gone back to waiting for his monthly security cheques . |
| 26 | While waiting for his stats to be confirmed , he was offered the services of a barbie doll ‘ recreational secretary . ’ |
| 27 | Still waiting for his first goal since his £500,000 summer move from Rangers , Rideout has been unfavourably compared with the Scots striker who left Goodison for Oldham last year . |
| 28 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |
| 29 | As he fidgets waiting for his soup , twinkling , twinkling like the little star we know and maybe love , I brightly tell him how thin he looks . |
| 30 | But in this , the great crisis of his reign , the Old King remained supremely cool , waiting for his enemies to show their hand before committing his own forces in sudden and decisive pounces . |