Example sentences of "[indef pn] be wait for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 2 | Someone was waiting for him . |
| 3 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 4 | Everything was waiting for you , she pointed out , and everything was going to be all right . |
| 5 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 6 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 7 | Everyone is waiting for you . ’ |
| 8 | Knowing how highly strung he was , everyone was waiting for him to crack — including me — but this was a different Tom . |
| 9 | Everyone was waiting for her to speak , to smile — to submit . |