Example sentences of "[noun] be waiting for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ? |
| 2 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 3 | IBM was waiting for this decision and quickly became more aggressive at home and abroad . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It says around 300 people are waiting for such accommodation equivalent to ten new schemes . |
| 6 | The Minister said that the Government are waiting for certain European directives , but failed to mention that the Government are blocking several directives that would assist workers in my constituency . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | It was the first sound of only partial acceptance ; Jezrael was waiting for more . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patients are waiting for longer than a year for treatment ; and what was the corresponding figure for 1979 . |