Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] waiting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt the whole neighbourhood 's waiting for me to make an honest woman of you . " |
| 2 | The Scottish coal industry is waiting to be developed , not vandalised as the Government have vandalised the coal industry in general . |
| 3 | The like is waiting for us all , when God so designs . |
| 4 | At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . |
| 5 | Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands . |
| 6 | The mail was waiting for us . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Oliver and Tim were talking together , Cobalt was waiting for his prey . |
| 9 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 10 | Her FBI lover was waiting outside her apartment . |
| 11 | Dalziel 's car was waiting for him by the exit . |
| 12 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 13 | Ludens informed Irina that a car was waiting in the drive . |
| 14 | The car was waiting in a side street . |
| 15 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 16 | Chant was waiting at the perimeter , and fished the envelope containing the payment from his inside pocket . |
| 17 | And the killer was waiting for Trent 's explanation . |
| 18 | A paramedic crew from Mersey Regional Ambulance was waiting on the beach for Mr Ross and they took him to Southport and Formby District and General Hospital but he died shortly afterwards . |
| 19 | The ore is waiting in the tubs , the snow 's upon the Fell , |
| 20 | Now the council is waiting for the car parks firm to solve the crash barrier problem . |
| 21 | They smiled at each other , and Sara felt as if she was balanced on the brink of some great truth , that the world outside the window was waiting for her too , opening up , spreading out into the darkness . |
| 22 | At Clara 's house Magwitch was waiting for us , wrapped in a dark cloak . |
| 23 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 24 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 25 | A small boy was waiting on the platform . |
| 26 | Johnny Boy was waiting for someone to pull into his driveway . |
| 27 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 28 | They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up . |
| 29 | A gondola was waiting by the steps . |
| 30 | Two hours later , Piper O'Rourke , Alex Bannen and a medical team were waiting as the Adjudicator 's ship locked home against the Belial Bridge terminus . |