Example sentences of "waiting [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting the meet them were ACM Sir Brendan Jackson , RAF , Lt Gen Sir Michael Gray , Col Cmdt , Parachute Regiment and Maitre Chef des Cuisines Anton Endelman . |
| 2 | There were untold numbers of pleasure boats : some skimming over the bay , while others were closely berthed within the harbour , waiting the evening hour , when they would be in great demand . |
| 3 | I found fourteen wounded men waiting the doctor 's care in the gun-room , which was almost a pool of blood . |
| 4 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 5 | My carriage is waiting the other side of the field ! |
| 6 | She moved slowly , so slowly indeed that for a moment she was alone in the centre of the aisle , a swan gliding on still water abandoned there , waiting to be rescued — creating such emotion in several manly breasts that not everyone noticed that the bride and groom had already reached the altar , waiting the approach of their chief bridesmaid before they could be joined together . |
| 7 | Trained by Peter Monteith at Rosewell , just outside Edinburgh , the nine-year-old has been waiting the good ground he will encounter today and , in the words of his trainer , with prizes going down to £4,000 for fourth place and £600 for sixth , ‘ it would be mad not to run him ’ . |
| 8 | Patiently waiting the day . |
| 9 | But that does n't stop Monica waiting every evening for the phone to ring — or reaching out herself to make the call . ’ |
| 10 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 11 | ‘ I had insisted all along that we could not return until that was the case and that having waited so long , waiting a little longer would not matter . |
| 12 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 13 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 14 | Mungo had the impression that he had been waiting a lifetime to answer that question . |
| 15 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 16 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 17 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 18 | A lunch with the Capo dello Squadro Anti-Terrorismo that he had been waiting a year for , a session with a good guy in the Guardia di Finanze , and a squash game with Dieter who was number two to the Legal Attaché , and he just did n't know whether he 'd be back before the Little League All Stars trip to Naples and the game against the Sixth Fleet which was the high point of the season which they played now courtesy of the Italian sunshine into late fall . |
| 19 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 20 | Based on past experience , the central bank is likely to keep investors waiting a while yet . |
| 21 | Almost all patients were restricted to bed in the medical intensive care unit during the index admission while waiting a suitable donor organ . |
| 22 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 23 | It lay open and waiting a stone 's throw away . |
| 24 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 25 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 26 | Legally , I could keep you waiting a hundred years for the money . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd hate to have kept you waiting a whole twenty minutes for nothing . ’ |
| 28 | My only word of advice would be that it might be worth waiting a couple of months or so , by which time WordPerfect 6 for DOS should be on the market . |
| 29 | He was transferred after waiting a further month for a bed to become vacant . |
| 30 | Waiting a moment , he placed it to the boy 's mouth again . |