Example sentences of "be waiting [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’ |
| 2 | The Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 3 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 4 | at the minute , we 're waiting for some bits for this should be in today . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're waiting for more evidence . |
| 6 | Meanwhile they 're waiting for another summons to pop through their door . |
| 7 | Well , we 're waiting for these lot . |
| 8 | Here 's one you can do when you 're waiting in that boring old queue . |
| 9 | So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from . |
| 10 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 12 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 13 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 14 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 15 | As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan . |
| 16 | We , the readers of the narrative , have been waiting for this moment ever since the concluding words of the book of Numbers : ‘ These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have been waiting for this , you know . |
| 18 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 19 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
| 21 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 22 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 23 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 24 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 25 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 26 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 27 | It was as if Chambers bad been waiting for this admission . |
| 28 | Been waiting for this , this is supposed to be in the U K and you just ca n't get the part ! |
| 29 | How long have you been waiting for this car , a while have n't you Spen ? |
| 30 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |