Example sentences of "be waiting [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he wo n't let them talk , it 's disgusting , I tell ya , you know , no end of times I 've been in there and it 's obvious we 're waiting for chips |
| 2 | Yeah well we 're waiting for boots . |
| 3 | When you 're waiting for parole you go all funny — it 's like having a baby all over again . |
| 4 | " We 're waiting for news on what we can expect the market to be doing tomorrow . |
| 5 | I expect you 're waiting for Mr Right , ’ said the woman to Rachaela . |
| 6 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 7 | If you 're stuck overseas for the night , or if you 're waiting in UK overnight and an early departure has been ruled out , we provide whatever accommodation we can , and take you to it . |
| 8 | A Piper Chieftain , belonging to UNACO , had been waiting at Orly Airport to fly them on to Strasbourg . |
| 9 | A ship containing 800 tonnes of food , fuel and medicines sent by the ICRC had been waiting off Mogadishu 's docks , unable to unload , since early November . |
| 10 | She had been waiting on Dreadnought to watch the water coming in through the main leak . |
| 11 | ‘ They should have been waiting on Victoria station , checking each train that came in . ’ |
| 12 | Everyone had been waiting on tenterhooks on the platform , as they had been technically ready for more than a day . |
| 13 | If someone had valuables hidden in the hypocaust , he must have been waiting on thorns for the chance to get his hoard away , and baulked all day by staff and visitors wandering around . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been waiting for ages , ’ said Angalo . |
| 15 | I 've been waiting for ages . ’ |
| 16 | The government had already agreed to meeting Unita this week and the UN had been waiting for Unita to set the date , UN officials said . |
| 17 | ‘ We have been waiting for grants but there has been some debate about whether croquet is a sport because of the pace it 's played at . ’ |
| 18 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 19 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 20 | The station was overflowing with badly wounded who had already been waiting for treatment for several days . |
| 21 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 22 | Ever since the 1917 Revolution , Russian women have been waiting for things to improve — and they are still waiting . |
| 23 | Until then he had , like Law before him , been waiting for Mckenna . |
| 24 | England have been waiting for Chris Lewis to establish himself as a genuine allrounder since he made his debut in 1990 . |
| 25 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 26 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 27 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 28 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 29 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 30 | THE golden moment millions of TV viewers have been waiting for goes on air tonight . |