Example sentences of "waiting for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without waiting for him to invite me to do so , I sat down . |
| 2 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
| 3 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 4 | Moreover the young hero was never alone ; he always had a pure process , waiting for him , holding the thread of life which would protect him from the flames and the teeth and the dark belly of the monster . |
| 5 | They all look at Colin , waiting for him to answer . |
| 6 | Frank lifted his head and looked at him , waiting for him to continue . |
| 7 | When he went upstairs , she was waiting for him . |
| 8 | When Mark arrived home there were two letters , postmarked Detroit , waiting for him . |
| 9 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 10 | But she was busy watching his feet , waiting for him to do a runner . |
| 11 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 12 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 13 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 14 | Josh Gifford , for whom he had been first jockey before his illness and who had assured him that his position as stable jockey would be waiting for him as soon as he had recovered . |
| 15 | The Blackrag Madonna , it appears , has been waiting for him . |
| 16 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 17 | They sat round his candle , waiting for him , with the open box in front of them . |
| 18 | Hard luck yarns come crawling out of doorways to tug at his sleeve , tall tales sit slumped over coffee in badly lit diners waiting for him to join them . |
| 19 | Perhaps Mr Paxman would at last achieve what we have always been waiting for him to do in one of his interviews : either fall fast asleep or choke to death on one of his own jokes . |
| 20 | The bogeyman was waiting for him . |
| 21 | In fact they had known all about Crabb 's venture before they arrived at Portsmouth and their frogmen were waiting for him as he approached the cruiser . |
| 22 | He had an enjoyable job of work waiting for him , and asked for no more than that . |
| 23 | He got back to Old Jewry at four o'clock , to find Morton waiting for him . |
| 24 | It was as if Marcus were actually waiting for him to effect some magical release or communication . |
| 25 | But he did come upon the little house that was waiting for him , in a clearing in the depths , and was cheered by the lines of yellow light he could see between and under the shutters . |
| 26 | Marion had seen his pennon on the galley , and was waiting for him as he walked tall and dignified behind the little girl . |
| 27 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 28 | One teacher found one of his pupils waiting for him , half-naked , in the back of his car . |
| 29 | Knowing how highly strung he was , everyone was waiting for him to crack — including me — but this was a different Tom . |
| 30 | Waiting for him was the illuminated Lifeboat tram , on which he made a tour of the Promenade , waving to the crowds and commenting favourably on Blackpool 's modern streamlined trams . |