Example sentences of "[be] wait [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 2 | ‘ For many years we have been waiting for a mighty star to appear in the heavens and now it has . |
| 3 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 4 | We are waiting for a new quotation from Eurofighter for their part of the programme erm but in advance of receiving it I 'd not rather not speculate as to which impact it might have on the project . |
| 5 | You say you had stuff stood here when I 'm waiting for a bleeding . |
| 6 | I 'm waiting for a new one . |
| 7 | In early 1945 I went with U Kyaw Min to Ceylon to talk to British forces which were then thought to be waiting for a seaborne invasion of Burma . |
| 8 | In fact , Jack fancied his country sports so much he 'd occasionally order Boro apprentices to help ‘ beat ’ the Yorkshire moors for game birds — where he 'd be waiting with a loaded gun ! |
| 9 | Liessa and the Loremaster were waiting on a raised dais at one end of the meadow . |
| 10 | Erm , so what were doing is were , we hope were waiting for a new prisoner to be allocated to us , erm , and perhaps we could , perhaps we could , perhaps we can write and remind you think , think we should do that ? |
| 11 | It was like , it was like a , like they were waiting for an offside or some there were just could n't believe , it was |
| 12 | PENNSYLVANIA governor Robert Casey , 61 , who is waiting for a heart-and-liver transplant , is continuing his duties from his hospital room . |
| 13 | Throughout this turn , he is waiting for a favourable reaction from the two footballers and , in significant contrast to his argument with Hollar , adopts a much less formal register in order not to alienate them . |
| 14 | She wrote : ‘ My mum is waiting for a heart-lung transplant . |
| 15 | 1.42 One of the main reasons for delay in personal injury cases is the fact that the plaintiff 's solicitor is waiting for a medical prognosis before being able to quantify the claim . |
| 16 | This is a time for action … the country is waiting for an inspiring lead on a programme of courageous national reconstruction . |
| 17 | However , if the customer is waiting for an immediate answer , there is no time for this . |
| 18 | Mrs Patten was waiting with a grave face , and he could tell at once that she knew . |
| 19 | Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt . |
| 20 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 21 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 22 | But in fact he was waiting for a different kind of photograph , a different kind of confirmation . |
| 23 | The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks . |
| 24 | He was a private ; he was waiting by a big car , probably for his officer to come out of his mistress 's apartment . |