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Example sentences of "waiting [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i .
2	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 .
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway .
6	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 .
7	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 .
8	To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital .
9	They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall .
10	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 .
11	They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon .
12	There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating .
13	They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time .
14	The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk .
15	When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop .
16	‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’
17	When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs .
18	This time he was waiting for me at the table .
19	In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason .
20	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 .
21	Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith .
22	I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane .
23	The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite .
24	Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ?
25	The wench was waiting for me in the street .
26	Miss Kenton was still waiting for me in the hallway and we ascended through the house in silence .
27	There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’
28	‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said .
29	Waiting for me behind the counter was Katrina .
30	Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings .