Example sentences of "waiting [prep] [art] next " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 2 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 3 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 4 | It lay there on the dry cracked mud below the high water mark , waiting for the next tide to wet its bottom . |
| 5 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 6 | Mildred took her suitcase from the back of the broomstick which was hovering politely , waiting for the next command . |
| 7 | It is now under lock and key near her husband 's tomb , waiting for the next opening of the royal vault for her last repose . ’ |
| 8 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 9 | She stood on the stairs by the open window , waiting for the next stroke of the bell , waiting in fact for this sign of Ernest 's madness . |
| 10 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 11 | We sat in silence for a while , waiting for the next pain . |
| 12 | There they all are : working out the profit on their duty-free ; having more drinks at the bar than they want ; playing the fruit machines ; aimlessly circling the deck ; making up their minds how honest to be at customs ; waiting for the next order from the ship 's crew as if the crossing of the Red Sea depended on it . |
| 13 | She stirred the saucepan , waiting for the next assault , which did not come . |
| 14 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |
| 15 | Around each station were hundreds of cars , waiting for the next delivery , prepared to stay all night and very often did . |
| 16 | Er no sir , I 'm waiting for the next item . |
| 17 | Nobody sits at home waiting for the next assignment . |
| 18 | Er and they 've now got it stashed away in in Australia waiting for the next exhibition . |
| 19 | I 've been agog all afternoon , waiting for the next episode in your mystery story . ’ |
| 20 | Waiting till the next street lamp , for another squint at its contents ? |
| 21 | She thought , perhaps he 's waiting till the next time we go , perhaps he 's biding his time … |
| 22 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |