Example sentences of "[was/were] wait for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 2 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 3 | He cleared the image and , for a while sat there , conscious that they were waiting for him to say what was on his mind . |
| 4 | Here we had a man who we knew had serious problems that constituted a danger to himself and others , and we sat back , simply because we were waiting for him to admit he had a problem . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She was worried because she knew that the Copleys were waiting for her to cook lunch . |
| 7 | The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house . |
| 8 | But there was no malice in their interest and I sometimes had the feeling that they were waiting for me to turn round and hand them a bag of toffees , with instructions to share them out fairly and not throw the papers on the floor . |
| 9 | They were waiting for me to get beaten . |
| 10 | My aunt and uncle were waiting for us to come through . |
| 11 | ‘ People were waiting for us to sign things and it was like , you 're taking the piss out of us , are n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 13 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 14 | He was waiting for them to leave . |
| 15 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 16 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 17 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 18 | ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’ |
| 19 | He was waiting for her to open the conversation , but his manner was so cold and distant that she found it difficult to begin . |
| 20 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
| 21 | It was waiting for her to go . |
| 22 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 23 | Everyone was waiting for her to speak , to smile — to submit . |
| 24 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 25 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I was waiting for him to say they were drugged to keep them quiet — their huge eyes blinked as if they were half asleep . |
| 28 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 29 | I was waiting for him to say he went out and rolled in the snow because that 's the proper end is n't it ? |
| 30 | Knowing how highly strung he was , everyone was waiting for him to crack — including me — but this was a different Tom . |