Example sentences of "[adv] waiting for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 2 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown added . |
| 3 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 4 | ‘ Only waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 5 | However , in parliamentary terms Mr Nelson has been long waiting for a call from a prime minister offering jobs . |
| 6 | There by the light of an adjoining street lamp he clearly saw the figure of a station master or porter wearing a flat-topped regulation hat apparently waiting for a train . |
| 7 | She 's convinced he 's just waiting for a sign to pop over and propose ! ’ |
| 8 | I 'm just waiting for a man to knock my door and say well , you know , cos you can fined a lot do n't you ? |
| 9 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 10 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a friend . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | Property : The frustrated architects just waiting for a call |
| 14 | Airborne gets a reputation for quick service from the companies they 're interested in because the bikes are cruising round outside just waiting for a call . |
| 15 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm just waiting for a Lemon Delight . |
| 18 | ‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ? |
| 19 | She glanced at the other two and , not waiting for a reply , she went on , ‘ He 's so caring , he treats them as if they 're his personal friends … ’ |
| 20 | The big English processors and distributors are not waiting for a conclusion to position themselves to compete more effectively in the new free market , expected to be in place by 1994 . |
| 21 | Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction . |
| 22 | It looked like somewhere waiting for a film to happen , Jasper thought , like a Western on television where two gunmen will come out of the badlands and hold up the mailtrain on the Santa Fe railroad . |
| 23 | He was chatting with a group of others , presumably waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 24 | Delay occurs when the operator is doing nothing — usually waiting for a machine to complete a sub-task — it differs from storage where there has been a particular decision to put something aside . |
| 25 | Martinho had the air of a man who was permanently waiting for a question to be answered . |
| 26 | Five years later , he is still waiting for a response . |
| 27 | Mr Harper is still waiting for a response from the Department of Health . |
| 28 | OWNERS of a site earmarked for superstore development are still waiting for a Government decision on a financial clause blocking sale of the land . |
| 29 | Managing director Mike Widmer said he was still waiting for a decision from the transport department but he felt pressure to move had gone . |
| 30 | The restaurant is still waiting for a visit from Opposition leader John Smith . |