Example sentences of "i was waiting [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 2 | Anyway , I was waiting for the Norwich train to come in . ’ |
| 3 | I was that disgusted , I was waiting for the music . |
| 4 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 5 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 6 | I was waiting for the ambulance the ambulance just came |
| 7 | I was waiting for the bus . |
| 8 | Once , I was waiting at the bus stop one Sunday with my bags packed ready to go to Sheffield when Otley came running up : ‘ Do n't you want to see Fragile Earth ? |
| 9 | God , how I used to envy the Catholic girls going to the schools in Belfast when I was waiting at the bus stop like a fresh dog 's dinner to be carried off to Dothegirls Academy in me big grey interlocks with double gusset for the hockey stains . |
| 10 | When I was waiting at the Connons the other night before you all so efficiently arrested me , I had occasion to use the phone-box almost opposite the house . |
| 11 | Oh , that was when I was waiting in the queue were n't it ? |
| 12 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |