Example sentences of "[noun] [be] wait for " in BNC.

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1 Regional health authorities are waiting for news of their allocation and meetings are to be held between the hospice and Darlington Health Authority chiefs this week to discuss details of the services to benefit from the extra cash .
2 A whole host of patterns are waiting for you to find and use them .
3 But if lean times demand a sensible approach , that does n't mean designers are waiting for the economic upturn and a more healthy fashion market .
4 The gang then bribed border officials in Mexico before driving the vehicles to South America , where a steady stream of clients were waiting for delivery .
5 The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house .
6 All the animals were waiting for Anabelle when she returned to Uncle Alfred 's nest on the other side of the canal .
7 All Ruritania is waiting for him in Strelsau and Black Michael with half the army , too .
8 MacArthur 's waiting for word and then we 'll be on our way , do n't you fret yourself , Jim , son . ’
9 Kowalik is waiting for a telephone call from Ipswich and will come straight over if requested .
10 No doubt the whole neighbourhood 's waiting for me to make an honest woman of you . "
11 Read Ubu , and you can see the connections with Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot , and Ionesco 's The Chairs and The Bald Prima Donna .
12 In 1955 London theatre saw Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot , a play composed first in French and later in English by a detribalised Irishman living in Paris , and theatrical minimalism was suddenly the rage .
13 The like is waiting for us all , when God so designs .
14 Marie was waiting for me and when I caught up with her she linked her arm in mine .
15 ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ?
16 Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands .
17 The mail was waiting for us .
18 This was precisely what Richard was waiting for .
19 Behind and back up the fairway Andy was waiting for Des to play first from behind the cross bunkers .
20 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 .
21 Oliver and Tim were talking together , Cobalt was waiting for his prey .
22 Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom .
23 Dalziel 's car was waiting for him by the exit .
24 He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them .
25 Suppose if Rune Christensen was waiting for her ?
26 When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder .
27 Mr Trelawney was waiting for us at an inn , near the sea .
28 Ross Perot , a Texas billionaire , advanced $1m as a down-payment , but no hostages appeared off Cyprus where Secord was waiting for them .
29 And the killer was waiting for Trent 's explanation .
30 When I got back to our hostel , our bags were in the hallway and Dana was waiting for me .
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