Example sentences of "[pron] waited [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 2 | I waited at the carousel , Gillie fetched a trolley , and by the time she got back the bags had already come up . |
| 3 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 4 | After that I waited at the harbour until it was safe to go back to the beach without seeing the person I was dodging . ’ |
| 5 | I waited outside the window and watched . |
| 6 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |
| 7 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 8 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 9 | The other complaint we receive is ‘ I waited for the issue to come out and my ad was n't in it . |
| 10 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 11 | Red in the face and thoroughly hot and uncomfortable , I waited for the laughter to subside . |
| 12 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 13 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 14 | Amusing myself with such trivial thoughts , I waited for the rain to give up . |
| 15 | I waited for the bedtime story . |
| 16 | I waited for the crowd to thin out , then went to have a closer look . |
| 17 | I waited for the ambulance to arrive . |
| 18 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 19 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 20 | For some reason I waited for the answer to that one . |
| 21 | I waited behind the cart for them to stop and let me pass . |
| 22 | I waited in the road I knew she must take . |
| 23 | I waited in the corridor for our blanket and any message for Sister Casualty , and brooded on the baby 's chances of survival , how any mother could have made herself pack her own baby in a carrier-bag , and what kind of thoughts passed through a woman 's mind when she walked away after abandoning her baby in a telephone-box , or anywhere else . |
| 24 | That 's why I waited in the square . |
| 25 | I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange . |
| 26 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 27 | As I waited in the porch with the bridesmaids , I saw Shanti get out of the car , take her father 's arm , and walk towards us . |
| 28 | I waited till the meeting was over , then I came in — the gates were still open . |
| 29 | For three days , I waited by the hotel pool , watching young Nicaraguan girls practice the cha-cha for a beauty contest , with a media fixer named Paco who had lived and worked in Managua for ten years . |
| 30 | I waited by the house and I saw you come home from school . |