Example sentences of "waited for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited for me to take a chair . |
| 2 | He waited for me to get out of his sight , and then he worked his way down to Cuttle 's Bakery . |
| 3 | She obviously waited for me to prove myself an old toper , but I did not . |
| 4 | He waited for me to go on , looking puzzled . |
| 5 | On Hazely Peat Moor Bill waited for me , grinning as I slogged through the heather in the heat . |
| 6 | ‘ You waited for me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 8 | And they were so patient as they waited for me to finish with my other visitors . |
| 9 | I could not forget my promise to the monster , and the awful work that waited for me . |
| 10 | The Colonel waited for me , really with amazing politeness . |
| 11 | ‘ So that 's why you waited for me to show up ! ’ he commented grimly . |
| 12 | She waited for me to reply . |
| 13 | They waited for me . |
| 14 | He waited for me every year — we came back for about six years , until I was ready to be sent to finishing school . |
| 15 | Last time the bus waited for me . |
| 16 | On the last Monaghan Day that McQuaid came to the house Moran was on edge as he waited for him as he had been on edge every Monaghan Day , the only day in the year that McQuaid came to Great Meadow . |
| 17 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
| 18 | Sister Cooney looked at him with a polite , questioning smile and waited for him to continue or change the subject , as he thought fit . |
| 19 | They reached the wall and waited for him to reappear . |
| 20 | She waited for him to go on |
| 21 | Gareth Morgan , his deputy and confidante , waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City . |
| 22 | Roberto waited for him every morning and they practised putting before playing their practice rounds together . |
| 23 | They waited for him to elaborate as he unbuttoned the side pocket of his tunic and took out his cigarettes . |
| 24 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |
| 25 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |
| 26 | Edward drew rein and waited for him to catch up — their uncle having ridden back along the line to urge the stragglers to greater effort . |
| 27 | There had been tears in her eyes as she crossed the road with him to Mario 's and he brought two cups of coffee and two club milk chocolate biscuits to the plastic-topped table where she waited for him . |
| 28 | Old Jack was drunker at night than usual , and the yob of an elder son glowered by the hearth and waited for him to die . |
| 29 | They waited for him , and when his plate was clean , Mrs Carver , leaning towards him , said , ‘ Spotted Dick or rice ? ’ |
| 30 | I waited for him to go on , but Reid said nothing more and it left a moment of awkward silence between us . |