Example sentences of "waiting for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 2 | Waiting for that joist out the back . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The next question : who was he waiting for that night ? |
| 5 | He winced , waiting for that skin to split . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She would be waiting for that moment . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It says around 300 people are waiting for such accommodation equivalent to ten new schemes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He 'd managed to track her down on the Friday evening , waiting for several minutes as she was summoned to the communal phone in the hall where she was now a deputy warden . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're waiting for more evidence . |
| 14 | There was a lot of waiting around — waiting for more dates . |
| 15 | She smiled a faint smile for the people who hung around waiting for more drama . |
| 16 | The sisters did not look shocked or sad , but seemed to be waiting for more information . |
| 17 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 18 | But to Perdita they appeared curiously passive , sitting and waiting for some man to make them unhappy . |
| 19 | at the minute , we 're waiting for some bits for this should be in today . |
| 20 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 21 | In puzzlement she stood there , waiting for some sequel , but nothing happened . |
| 22 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 23 | Her nose was pressed permanently against the window of the boat in an effort to see every beautiful palace with its sleek black gondolas bobbing against the striped poles at the end of jetties , waiting for some prince or wealthy politician to step into . |
| 24 | He did not speak in the room , allowing his clothes to fall on to the floor in the darkness , waiting for some stir or sign from Rose , but the only sound in the room was the brushing of his own clothes falling in the darkness . |
| 25 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 26 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 27 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm still working on them , waiting for some details from Mike . |
| 29 | He lay frozen , waiting for some reaction , but there was nothing . |
| 30 | He seemed to be watching her like a hawk , waiting for some reaction . |