Example sentences of "wait [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 2 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 3 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 4 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
| 5 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |
| 6 | She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance . |
| 7 | Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’ |
| 8 | Will you wait for me in the car ? ’ |
| 9 | If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level . |
| 10 | Never mind , I 'll wait for him in the car . ’ |
| 11 | He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed . |
| 12 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 13 | There was a murmur of conversation , then the receptionist said , ‘ He will wait for you in the bar . |
| 14 | This man will wait for us in the car . |
| 15 | Take Nosey and the spare horse , then wait for me at the crossroads . |
| 16 | After that , wait for me at the corner of the street . ’ |
| 17 | Wait for me in the office . |
| 18 | So the black-backed gulls wait for them in the air in front of the cliffs , wheeling and circling on the up-draught created as the wind , blowing in from the sea , is deflected upwards . |
| 19 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 20 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 21 | They found their parents waiting for them at the top of a wide terrace of marble steps , and the governor 's aide-de-camp conducted them to the reception through a series of lofty , marble-floored chambers forty feet high . |
| 22 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
| 23 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 24 | The emigrants ' discomfort was aggravated by tantalising radio reports of the steaming soup tureens , hot water and clean clothes waiting for them at the reception centre in Hof , West Germany . |
| 25 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
| 26 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 27 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 28 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 29 | They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon . |
| 30 | There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating . |