Example sentences of "waiting [prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Steve obediently went off , taking with him a jar of Marmite in a garden trowel as a substitute for coal in a shovel , and he stood out there on the front porch in the cold listening to the silence and looking at the stars , waiting for them to let him in on the last stroke of Big Ben on the radio : a faint , feeble echo of some once meaningful ritual , though what it had meant or now could mean nobody there knew or had ever known . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've put through a call to London and I 'm waiting for them to ring me up . |
| 3 | After that it 's a question of waiting for them to contact you again . |
| 4 | Rachel is inside the hotel lobby , waiting for me to walk her upstairs and round off our meal . |
| 5 | We 're all agreed , Rose and Grace say they think you 'll be simply topping and I 've some awfully jolly people staying who are just waiting for me to bring you back with us so that we can decide on the cast and get started . |
| 6 | The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house . |
| 7 | The horse was rather surprised , and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up . |
| 8 | He wo n't enjoy it , and you 'll be on pins waiting for him to show everyone just how much he hates it . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm waiting for you to ask me how I am . ’ |
| 10 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
| 11 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |