Example sentences of "be [verb] for he [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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31 Beryl Garland was waiting for him on the landing , a lean , bony woman with uncared-for greying hair , a pallid complexion blotched with an unnatural pink , and restless suspicious eyes .
32 The Prince was waiting for him on the terrace of the Hotel Continental , sitting by himself and looking bored .
33 Tom was waiting for him at the bottom .
34 Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time .
35 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 .
36 Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch .
37 When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder .
38 The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers .
39 The ice crown was waiting for him in the city , protected only by the ghosts .
40 She was waiting for him in the apartment .
41 Curtis , the local CID sergeant , was waiting for him in the police station .
42 Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk .
43 Dalziel 's car was waiting for him by the exit .
44 She felt her knees begin to buckle , but his strength held her to him — taking her fevered body into his embrace , heaping fire on fire until she was crying for him in a voice unlike her own .
45 By the summer , after a trial period , he was doing well , and the necessary clothing was provided for him by the Union .
46 Legend has it that the first ‘ teddy bear ’ was created for him after an unsuccessful hunting trip .
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