Example sentences of "waiting for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newton Aycliffe police investigating an incident when a stolen car was smashed into a policeman 's house last week say they have had good response from their appeal for witnesses and are waiting for forensic test results . |
| 2 | The delays were caused mainly by patients waiting for long term care ( because private provision had n't kept up with demand ) . |
| 3 | Oldham are also waiting for official confirmation from the Football Association that they can bring in another goalkeeper , a course of action restricted under Premier League rules to emergencies only . |
| 4 | The first items unpacked were trout-rods ; and they stayed up , ready and waiting for instant use for as long as we lived there . |
| 5 | Decisions on the propriety of stocking a particular publication must depend very much on his or her own judgment and good sense , rather than on waiting for legal counsel . |
| 6 | The Bank of England has , for many years , sought to make this a continuous operation and it seeks to buy stock approaching maturity rather than waiting for legal redemption dates . |
| 7 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 8 | The Johnny Mathis ‘ A Child is Born ’ disc also avoided this by fudging the identity of the infant — ‘ The world is waiting for one child … black , white , yellow ? … no one knows . ’ |
| 9 | For they knew perfectly well that Lothar was waiting for one thing to happen before engaging in battle : one thing which would make him too feel he could win . |
| 10 | Waiting for that joist out the back . |
| 11 | I sat in many a night myself when you were all younger , waiting for that piss artist of a father of yours to come home , knowing in my heart that he was down the Bayswater Road , spending desperately needed money on old brasses . |
| 12 | The next question : who was he waiting for that night ? |
| 13 | He winced , waiting for that skin to split . |
| 14 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |
| 15 | She would be waiting for that moment . |
| 16 | Each special effect is just barely holding on to credibility , waiting for that cut which often comes only just in time ( and sometimes a fraction late ) . |
| 17 | It was all too much , waiting for that upstart Hitler to make up his mind ; to envisage the Germans strutting down the Mall as they 'd strutted down the Champs Élysées . |
| 18 | The appeal of microcomputers is particularly strong for those who have already defined their needs but are faced with the prospect of months ( or even years ) of delay while waiting for in-house programming resources to be made available . |
| 19 | Waiting for good weather . |
| 20 | It says around 300 people are waiting for such accommodation equivalent to ten new schemes . |
| 21 | There are many other distinctions which the Aborigines make which we do not — an illustration of the fact that the world does not come pre-packed into nameable entities waiting for each language to pin its names on . |
| 22 | The auctioneers , without waiting for further payment from the purchaser , paid to the vendor the full amount of the price less their commission charges ( £3.50 ) . |
| 23 | One is , none of the departments are resourced to give this a lot of attention , and secondly we have been waiting for further guidance from the Government on the outcome , particularly from local government , in respect of agenda twenty-one . |
| 24 | She continued to stare at him in silence , waiting for further explanation . |
| 25 | And , without waiting for further comment from Doreen , she left the table . |
| 26 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm waiting for high tide . ’ |
| 28 | The 21-year-old full-back from Lillestrom has agreed personal terms with Rovers and is now waiting for formal clearance to play in the Premier League . |
| 29 | For example , limitations on domestic heating during winter smogs could lead to the elderly suffering from hypothermia , and prohibitions on the use of private cars could increase exposure to outdoor pollution whilst walking to work or waiting for public transport . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're waiting for more evidence . |