Example sentences of "[v-ing] for i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 2 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 3 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 4 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 5 | ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 6 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 7 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
| 8 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 9 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 10 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 11 | Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith . |
| 12 | The hill that was waiting for me across the next two miles of nothingness was typical of those I had climbed that day — no more than a hundred feet high , with a gradual slope . |
| 13 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 14 | Miss Kenton was still waiting for me in the hallway and we ascended through the house in silence . |
| 15 | Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ? |
| 16 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 17 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 18 | There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Waiting for me behind the counter was Katrina . |