Example sentences of "[be] waiting on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've slammed in the lamb and we 're waiting on the Yorkshire results . |
| 2 | Essentially those who felt themselves to be excluded from power decided to support a perfectly plausible claimant to the throne who had been waiting on the sidelines for such a following to materialize . |
| 3 | On her return , Michel had been waiting on the platform with a gun in his hand but could not bring himself to shoot . |
| 4 | Cae Glas , who travel to Much Wenlock , are waiting on the fitness of Mike Broadbent who injured a finger taking the match winning catch against Hanwood last Saturday . |
| 5 | While I am waiting on the platform , a railway employee shouts across the track that the 9.49 is cancelled , and that the next train will be at 10.19 . |
| 6 | Er yeah , I 'm waiting on the dole tomorrow honey . |
| 7 | And who knows what creep will be waiting on the roadside to accompany them . |
| 8 | NIGEL MANSELL 'S old boss Frank Williams will be waiting on the sidelines today as motor sport 's top brass sit down in Paris to find a way of saving next year 's Grand Prix calendar and prevent his Williams team from paying a massive fine . |
| 9 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd be waiting on the doorstep . |
| 10 | The Pages were waiting on the table . |
| 11 | False atrocity stories , misguidedly spread to encourage a spirit of resistance , and well-founded rumours that the French were waiting on the far side of the Channel to launch a second invasion added to the prevailing gloom and when , on what the diarist Horace Walpole described as ‘ Black Friday ’ , people in London learned that the Jacobites were already at Derby something approaching panic swept the capital . |
| 12 | An hour later the twins and George were waiting on the corner with their baskets , bags and gas-masks . |
| 13 | I followed him and saw him join some of his mates who were waiting on the corner . |
| 14 | Police were waiting on the streets and the square was turned into a dangerous , slippery ‘ ice rink ’ as water was sprayed over the hallowed ground in an effort to deter the demonstrators . |
| 15 | Venturous was despatched to shadow her and to report back her movements to a reception party who were waiting on the UK mainland . |
| 16 | Barrymore , the butler , and his wife were waiting on the steps at the main entrance . |
| 17 | Cakes , sandwiches , and a porcelain tea pot and cups were waiting on the table . |
| 18 | Lisabeth and Fenella were waiting on the pavement outside the Spring Onion when I arrived to pick them up . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ When we were waiting on the beach I do n't think we considered our chances of survival . |
| 20 | They all said they were waiting on the bank . |
| 21 | They er they , they said they were waiting on the bank to confirm the money . |
| 22 | Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her . |
| 23 | The Adjutant hastens out to see him to his car , which is waiting on the edge of the square . |
| 24 | Cope confidently and calmly with whatever is waiting on the other side of it . |
| 25 | Mr Stephen Hurkett was waiting on the central reservation just behind his wife Lorraine , 26 , and daughters Sharon , four , and Lisa , two , when they were hit by a car driven by Martin Flook , 19 , Bristol Crown Court was told . |
| 26 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 27 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor last night was waiting on the outcome of a knee operation which will force midfield star David Platt out of action until the New Year . |
| 28 | Richard was waiting on the steps of our converted house , a dim shape by the open door . |
| 29 | The 747 was waiting on the runway , in pristine white livery , the Virgin name emblazoned on the tailfin in red . |
| 30 | He was waiting on the Jackley Road outside a pub called the Ostrich , Kevin 's double in every particular until he had grown a moustache . |