Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 2 | I came searching for you at the shop and one of your neighbours told me she 'd seen you come this way . ‘ |
| 3 | And I think what the Council 's got to do and I think what the what the what the theatre perhaps has to do is only make that leisure card more easily acceptable and available and also look upon the reductions that we give but that perhaps is a way of actually rewarding the people in Harlow to use the theatre and the contribution in actually paying for it at the expense of the people coming in from outside who perhaps do n't pay anything towards the expense of the theatre . |
| 4 | Financially , and for security , the English scene has a bit more going for us at the moment . |
| 5 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 6 | They found their parents waiting for them at the top of a wide terrace of marble steps , and the governor 's aide-de-camp conducted them to the reception through a series of lofty , marble-floored chambers forty feet high . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 9 | The emigrants ' discomfort was aggravated by tantalising radio reports of the steaming soup tureens , hot water and clean clothes waiting for them at the reception centre in Hof , West Germany . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 12 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 13 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
| 15 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 16 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 17 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 20 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 21 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 22 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 23 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 24 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 25 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 26 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Sammy was yapping and jumping up and down , waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 29 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 30 | ‘ Your man 's a faceless pig to most people out on the streets , ’ said Hogan nastily , as Cowley led the way through the swing doors of the Ministry building , and hurried towards his chauffeur driven car , waiting for him at the bottom of the steps . |