Example sentences of "was wait [prep] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.

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1 The gardener was waiting for them at the front door .
2 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 .
3 To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital .
4 I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back .
5 When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs .
6 When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop .
7 This time he was waiting for me at the table .
8 Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom .
9 Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived .
10 The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon .
11 Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient .
12 Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes .
13 Tom was waiting for him at the bottom .
14 Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time .
15 Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep .
16 Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch .
17 Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom .
18 The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps .
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