Example sentences of "[noun sg] be wait for " 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 like is waiting for us all , when God so designs .
3 Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands .
4 The mail was waiting for us .
5 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 .
6 Oliver and Tim were talking together , Cobalt was waiting for his prey .
7 Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom .
8 Dalziel 's car was waiting for him by the exit .
9 He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them .
10 And the killer was waiting for Trent 's explanation .
11 Perhaps if My Lady were to wait for him tonight , there in the dark , he might recite some love poetry … a sonnet he has composed ? ’
12 Now the council is waiting for the car parks firm to solve the crash barrier problem .
13 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 .
14 At Clara 's house Magwitch was waiting for us , wrapped in a dark cloak .
15 The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite .
16 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 .
17 Johnny Boy was waiting for someone to pull into his driveway .
18 They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall .
19 They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up .
20 Eventually Karl was released and the deportation order lifted on a promise by the RCM that accommodation and a job were waiting for him .
21 The Secretary-General 's waiting for the doctor 's report before coming to a decision . ’
22 The director 's waiting for me now . ’
23 ‘ I just felt you should know that our spare room is waiting for you and Dimity when you return . ’
24 Now that there is one , it 's a little late to get hysterical — better to accept the consolation that the animal has integrated itself into the landscape , almost as if a place was waiting for it .
25 He said he had been assured that a hospital place was waiting for him in Leicestershire .
26 Indoors , the afternoon post was waiting for her .
27 The scarlet execution cart was waiting for us , the skulls of hanged men decorating each side .
28 Rune was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift .
29 She knew he would kiss her and her whole body was waiting for it , every nerve-end coiled in fierce anticipation as his free hand slid round to the back of her head , holding her there , as he looked down into her face .
30 It 's as if the name were waiting for the man , and for the novel which will transpersonalize or socialize the murderous concept : ‘ social unsteadiness , as Shatov says ’ and as we read in the Possessed notebooks .
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