Example sentences of "[be] waiting [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone could be waiting outside the door . ’ |
| 2 | He let go of Garty and shouted : ‘ They be waiting for the Battle this half hour out in St Thomas 's Street . |
| 3 | So it 's not just the users that will be waiting for the results with interest — so will IBM 's AS/400 , RS/6000 and Enterprise Systems divisions . |
| 4 | His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . |
| 5 | The world will be waiting for the IRA 's answer , in hope and fear . |
| 6 | Beijing , on the other hand , has failed to make clear whether it is really willing to negotiate and may be waiting for the deadline to be dropped before making a move . |
| 7 | He 'll be waiting at the station and we ca n't make it now . |
| 8 | If advance arrangements have been made for a car to be waiting at the Hill Inn in Chapel-le-Dale to give a return to Ingleton in effortless comfort , the route followed by Three peaks walkers from Whernside 's summit is the best to adopt . |
| 9 | We hoped it would be waiting at the post office at Tamanrasset , the last town before the Niger border . |
| 10 | Who else would be waiting at the arrival barrier at Heathrow at this hour ? |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll be waiting at the church for you , every day for an hour between noon … ’ |
| 12 | Two others , wearing raincoats over their underwear , would be waiting at the bar or similar , ready to join the fray shouting ‘ Boozebusters ’ and things like ‘ Your wife/secretary/boss is taking you out of here now ! ’ and then they would spray foam , throw cards , pop party-poppers and so on and drag the victim out to a waiting fast car . |
| 13 | And then I was late , when I got round there I thought well she 'll at least be waiting at the top of the drive , if not at the top of the road . |
| 14 | And who knows what creep will be waiting on the roadside to accompany them . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd be waiting on the doorstep . |
| 17 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |
| 18 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 19 | The money will be waiting in the usual safety deposit . |
| 20 | The fish will still be waiting in the lochs whilst you do ; and tomorrow is another day . |
| 21 | An assassin 's ruse : one would knock on the door , the other would be waiting in the darkness . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah , well , if it comes to that , ’ Merrill smiled , trying to dispel an atmosphere of gathering intimacy that seemed to be waiting in the wings , ‘ I 've never imagined you actually sharpening chisels and tramping about in sawdust . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll be waiting in the lobby . ’ |
| 24 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
| 25 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 26 | What really mattered was that he loved you and that tomorrow he would be waiting by the beech tree , at seven . |
| 27 | The screw would shout ‘ Doses ’ and expect you to be waiting by the front door . |
| 28 | I will be waiting by the phone . |