Example sentences of "they were [adv] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 2 | They were here waiting for me . |
| 3 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 4 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 5 | The look that recognised , no matter what their hard fighting and their successes so far , that all the future hinged on the army they were now waiting for . |
| 6 | They were merely waiting for me to say my part . |
| 7 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 8 | They were still waiting for the entertainment . |