Example sentences of "waiting for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 2 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 3 | Grant watched Angel One closely , waiting for the attack to be launched . |
| 4 | When at 7.30 am on Saturday 8 May I saw Marion Reid sitting in brilliant sunshine on the pavement , beside the doll 's house she had made for the Sale , waiting for the Church doors to be opened , I knew that all would be well . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 6 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 7 | Having reached the centre of the town , I hobbled back to the north of it , where I had seen vehicles waiting for the filling station to open . |
| 8 | Waiting for the explosion , for it all to start up over again , terrified she would find out . ’ |
| 9 | Group 3 , 105 men of Troops 5 and 6 under 3 Commando 's second-in-command Major Jack Churchill , were waiting for the Maaloy batteries to open up as the craft ran towards the beach . |
| 10 | When he got there he pressed the button on the entryphone , waiting for the crackle of her distorted voice , but there was nothing . |
| 11 | Waiting for the change of life |
| 12 | Waiting for the Change of Life |
| 13 | Waiting for the upturn in scotch whisky sales |
| 14 | As maltsters we must not only be aware of our sales but of the customers themselves — here in Scotland we are waiting for the upturn . |
| 15 | Downstairs , Elsie Hogan , the bloom of youth scoured from her skeleton , lay waiting for the haemorrhage that would end it all . |
| 16 | One leads up an unfrequented glen occupied by wild goats and skirts the northern flank of Beinn Fhada to arrive at a rough bealach or col , where I once shivered for two hours waiting for the mist to lift off Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan ahead , which it did not . |
| 17 | ‘ At the moment we are waiting for the Americans . |
| 18 | She is waiting for the clock downstairs to strike twelve . |
| 19 | The coffee tray was carried out by Alex Mair within minutes and , cups in hand , the little party wandered aimlessly among the terracotta pots like strangers reluctant to be introduced or like actors on a stage set , self-absorbed , pondering their lines , waiting for the rehearsal to begin . |
| 20 | It 's just a question of waiting for the bleep . ’ |
| 21 | Then they were waiting for the fun to start . |
| 22 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 23 | Sitting in a bus next morning , eating pineapple and waiting for the driver , we heard that the survivors were going to walk on fiery coals that night down on the fairground . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 25 | It is an elegant way to travel , much better than waiting for the buses which , at this time of year , seem to come every other Tuesday . |
| 26 | These can be in the form of a database waiting for the user to enter his own data , or a complete database ready for interrogation . |
| 27 | Perhaps you have had telephone problems of late and you are waiting for the Telecom engineer . |
| 28 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 29 | In fact we had a new customer waiting for the certificate in order to give us a job . ’ |
| 30 | course in Education at Southampton University while waiting for the divorce to come through , but while I like Oman , I do not feel ‘ stretched ’ in this post and also ( now I have reached the age of fifty ) miss being in England with children and family . |