Example sentences of "[was/were] waiting [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were waiting at Ruthven Water . |
| 2 | Some were waiting for spare parts from Cairo , some were waiting on instructions from their owners , some were going downriver . |
| 3 | Is it the person you were waiting for earlier … ? |
| 4 | Handed over in 1939 by Its owners In response to an advertisement in The Times , Youth Allyah decided to use it as a transit camp for refugee children who were waiting for permanent hachshara . |
| 5 | When you got in there at seven thirty , Chris was n't there and the books were n't there and people were waiting around ready to get off . |
| 6 | The Jews of Jesus 's time were waiting in anguished anticipation for the advent of the Messiah — and , so far as many of them were concerned , for the advent of two Messiahs . |
| 7 | Rosa showed him into the living-room , where Luce was waiting with mixed feelings . |
| 8 | So after the opening I ran out of the dressing room to where Dad , in his red waistcoat , was waiting with all the others . |
| 9 | After that we embraced and , with tears pouring down our cheeks , we were made to go outside , where a lorry was waiting with other villagers in it . |
| 10 | Then , there was nothing else to be done except get back to work in the cutting room at Paramount where he was working around the clock on The Two Jakes , for which the world of movie entertainment was waiting with bated breath ; because even though all of the above makes fascinating reading for everyone intrigued by Hollywood 's pop royalty , especially one so colourful and mercurial as Nicholson , it is the mere trivia , the overcoat of gloss and glitz , that hides the real Jack Nicholson … |
| 11 | At home-time , a different driver was waiting with another coach , so there were no trainers under the back seat . |
| 12 | I was waiting with both hands over my ears , as if that would do something . ’ |
| 13 | The royal purveyor was waiting with fresh mounts ; the King 's white horse , Tamesin , was already saddled , and his Grace left immediately with Seton . |
| 14 | She , too , had suffered from Clarissa 's neighbourly concern about the behaviour of her child and was waiting with calm anticipation for the time when Clarissa 's children , who were at present eleven and twelve , should enter puberty . |
| 15 | ‘ I was waiting for that ! ’ |
| 16 | Oh we I thought that was made and was waiting for that . |
| 17 | I was waiting for that ! |
| 18 | For they knew perfectly well that Lothar was waiting for one thing to happen before engaging in battle : one thing which would make him too feel he could win . |
| 19 | Everyone was waiting for twelve o'clock , for 1990 to begin . |
| 20 | IBM was waiting for this decision and quickly became more aggressive at home and abroad . |
| 21 | ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ? |
| 22 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 23 | She said that she was waiting for some of her belongings to be sent on , but she 'd supply all her tax and National Insurance details as soon as they came . |
| 24 | less than an hour , oh I was waiting for those results well I 'd drink me tea as well obviously but |
| 25 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 26 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 27 | It was the first sound of only partial acceptance ; Jezrael was waiting for more . |
| 28 | A welcoming committee of four servants , led by Nan Ho , was waiting to one side , while the hangar crew busied themselves about the craft . |
| 29 | There was a line already forming outside the cinema for the next performance ; Gary was n't in it , but he was waiting to one side where a number of cutoff cast-iron pillars made an ideal site for leaning and lounging . |
| 30 | She had no idea why Lucenzo should be remotely interested , or why he was waiting in such a fever of anticipation for her answer . |