Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] waiting for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 2 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 3 | Anyway , I was waiting for the Norwich train to come in . ’ |
| 4 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 5 | I was waiting for The Headless Horseman Three … |
| 6 | I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled . |
| 7 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 8 | I was that disgusted , I was waiting for the music . |
| 9 | I was waiting for the bus . |
| 10 | I was waiting for the ambulance the ambulance just came |
| 11 | After the ceremony the bridal couple rushed to the photographer 's studio to have their portrait taken , before joining their guests who were waiting for the wedding meal . |
| 12 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
| 13 | Mrs Darling , what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the verdict ? |
| 14 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 15 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 16 | She was waiting for the tide to turn . |
| 17 | It 's like Tracey said with you 're I mean she did her gold star she was waiting for the letter to come through , Tracey . |
| 18 | While we were waiting for the chillim to be filled and passed around , Kalchu pointed out a conical heap of stones at the base of a great cedar tree near the edge of the glade . |
| 19 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 20 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 21 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 22 | During the months they were waiting for the divorce he came to see her nearly every day . |
| 23 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 24 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 25 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 26 | They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up . |
| 27 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 28 | Then they were waiting for the fun to start . |
| 29 | And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened . |
| 30 | He was waiting for the crowd to disperse from the grave so he could say his own private farewells when a respectable old lady with a blue rinse came up to him and said , ‘ You do n't remember me , do you , I 'm Mrs Flaherty . ’ |