Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
| 2 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 3 | Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London . |
| 4 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 5 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
| 6 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 7 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 8 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 9 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 10 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 11 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 12 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 13 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 14 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 15 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 16 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 17 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
| 18 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
| 19 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |
| 20 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 21 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 22 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |