Example sentences of "[be] waiting for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 2 | Groups go up there and they pay the money for it and they put it in the middle while you 're waiting for the film , it 's all carpeted and you can watch all the monitors and they just sit down this huge tub of popcorn they had an op |
| 3 | In fact its name still adorns the large office block in Paddock Wood — they 're waiting for the Friends of Felix Dhjerzinsky to come and remove it — but below is enscribed the new and politically squeaky-clean name of ‘ English Hops ’ . |
| 4 | I get embarrassed when I 'm putting out there because so many people keep asking me how long and how many more times do you have to keep saying we 're waiting for the lorry to turn up . |
| 5 | They 're waiting for the storm too , you know . |
| 6 | Erm , we 're waiting for the joiner 's estimate tonight . |
| 7 | Absolutely , you could , you could actually work it all out while you 're waiting for the course . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 9 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 10 | Supposing you run out of hotplates and there 's no space to heat up the gravy , or will the sprouts get cold while you 're waiting for the potatoes to cook ? |
| 11 | He 's he 's not come yet so erm Perhaps while while we 're waiting for the others I 'll just say a few words about the building , because erm from out here you can see er quite clearly that the central portion of the building is the oldest erm from if you look at the state of the stonework . |
| 12 | Tracy wants a pair of boots and we 're waiting for the sales . |
| 13 | While you 're waiting for the kettle to boil get a cup from the cupboard and put one so , erm teaspoonful of coffee in it and then put two spoonful of sugar . |
| 14 | While you 're waiting for the kettle to boil erm , get a cup from the cupboard and a tea bag from the tea jar , put tea bag in the the cup and then wait for the kettle to boil and o , once the kettle has boiled you put your hot water into the cup and le , and let the tea brew for a little while And then , after you let it brew you can either add milk to it or , do not add milk to it . |
| 15 | Some of that deal has been produced as far as the Tornado 's concerned , but again you 're quite right we 're waiting for the announcement of the er orders for the trains . |
| 16 | Erm , I 'm not absolutely certain , I ai n't got the keys , I mean we 're waiting for the mortgage to that 's just being decided , draw the contracts after the exchange and er all that lark , but it will be a few weeks . |
| 17 | We 're waiting for the rain to stop . |
| 18 | Perhaps they 're waiting for the police to lose interest . ’ |
| 19 | He had been waiting for the spirit warrior his father had told him of in infancy , the One-Eyed White Girl . |
| 20 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |
| 21 | We 've been waiting for the knight in shining armour and then there is n't one . |
| 22 | The gunman is believed to have been waiting for the women and chidren to come out of the shop . |
| 23 | Miss Gregg told detectives her mother had been waiting for the handyman to call at the time of her death . |
| 24 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 25 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 26 | But most of us have been waiting for the results of the Concorde trial . ’ |
| 27 | Well , we 've been waiting for the protractors , we have n't been |
| 28 | ‘ It 's as if people have been waiting for the Autumn Statement . ’ |
| 29 | It was as if a sick national organism had been waiting for the right , suitably appalling , symptom to erupt into general protest at its fate . |
| 30 | We are waiting for the home office to approve this . |