Example sentences of "waiting for [pers pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 8 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 9 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
| 11 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 12 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 16 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 17 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 18 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 19 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 20 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 21 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 22 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 23 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sammy was yapping and jumping up and down , waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 26 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 27 | ‘ Your man 's a faceless pig to most people out on the streets , ’ said Hogan nastily , as Cowley led the way through the swing doors of the Ministry building , and hurried towards his chauffeur driven car , waiting for him at the bottom of the steps . |
| 28 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |
| 29 | They would be waiting for him at the train 's next scheduled stop , the guard would see to that . |
| 30 | A life of excitement and a good pension waiting for you at the end of it . ’ |