Example sentences of "they were wait for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were waiting for a lobster boat 's arrival in expectation of being thrown a free dinner — less work than fishing on their own account ; which about summed up life on the Keys , Trent thought . |
| 2 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 3 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 4 | During the months they were waiting for the divorce he came to see her nearly every day . |
| 5 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 6 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 7 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 8 | They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up . |
| 9 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 10 | Then they were waiting for the fun to start . |
| 11 | It was like , it was like a , like they were waiting for an offside or some there were just could n't believe , it was |