Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] be waiting for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince was waiting for him on the terrace of the Hotel Continental , sitting by himself and looking bored . |
| 2 | This is no problem if you are in BBCBASIC(Z80) 's immediate mode where the computer is waiting for you to type something . |
| 3 | The priest and the clerk were waiting for us . |
| 4 | The like is waiting for us all , when God so designs . |
| 5 | The mail was waiting for us . |
| 6 | Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands . |
| 7 | They smiled at each other , and Sara felt as if she was balanced on the brink of some great truth , that the world outside the window was waiting for her too , opening up , spreading out into the darkness . |
| 8 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 9 | The director 's waiting for me now . ’ |
| 10 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 11 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 12 | The following morning , as I arrived at work , the watchman was waiting for me . |
| 13 | He thought that the Robemaker was waiting for him to do so ; perhaps somehow to indicate that he would ask for mercy , but he had done nothing . |
| 14 | The bogeyman was waiting for him . |
| 15 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 16 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 17 | The catapult was waiting for them . |
| 18 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 19 | The family were waiting for him . |
| 20 | The rest of the party were waiting for us in a courtyard full of yapping dogs ; long , lean greyhounds , black , white and brindled . |
| 21 | The Nazi was waiting for her when she arrived ; lovingly fingering several lengths of rope which he 'd meticulously arranged in coils on the floor . |
| 22 | It dare not come out , in case the source of the pain is waiting for it , and so it remains there , dying alone and in private . |
| 23 | Now that there is one , it 's a little late to get hysterical — better to accept the consolation that the animal has integrated itself into the landscape , almost as if a place was waiting for it . |
| 24 | Eventually Karl was released and the deportation order lifted on a promise by the RCM that accommodation and a job were waiting for him . |
| 25 | When Ruth called yet again at the post office a letter was waiting for her . |