Example sentences of "[pers pn] was wait for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 2 | I was waiting for him to say they were drugged to keep them quiet — their huge eyes blinked as if they were half asleep . |
| 3 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 4 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | I was waiting for somebody to pass the creme caramel out of the fridge . |
| 7 | I told him I was waiting for my boyfriend , and he got back in his car but still sat there , looking at me . |
| 8 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 9 | ‘ being a common prostitute ’ Proof of this point must be available to negate any defence of accident or mistake , e.g. ‘ That I was waiting for my boy friend or taxi etc . ’ |
| 10 | So I said I was waiting for my sister , Mrs Webb . |
| 11 | Listening to Friends on the album , I was waiting for it to modulate to a minor key in the middle … |
| 12 | I was waiting for it to show up an confront us . |
| 13 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |
| 14 | I was waiting for you to gong me , ’ he told police . |
| 15 | I was waiting for you . |
| 16 | I was waiting for you to delve . |
| 17 | I was waiting for you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 19 | I was waiting for you … and then after that night I was here with you , I tried to convince myself that it was over , that I did n't need any more . |
| 20 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 21 | I was waiting for you , I was waiting for you to say |
| 22 | ‘ But all that day and the next few days I was waiting for someone to come in . |
| 23 | She was waiting for what was coming next . |
| 24 | When she spent all night every night watching her clientele , her boys , it was for this ; she was waiting for her chosen ones , the last of her protegés , her perfect couple , her two to see her through the dark times . |
| 25 | She was waiting for her husband . |
| 26 | Her husband had been taken into hospital and she was waiting for her son to come and pick her up at half past twelve , this was at half past ten in morning ! |
| 27 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 28 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 29 | ‘ She was waiting for me . |
| 30 | She was waiting for me . ’ |