Example sentences of "waiting for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron sensed Menzies waiting for some words — any words . |
| 2 | He did not speak in the room , allowing his clothes to fall on to the floor in the darkness , waiting for some stir or sign from Rose , but the only sound in the room was the brushing of his own clothes falling in the darkness . |
| 3 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 4 | If you are simply waiting for some other piece of paper to arrive put the original item on a bring forward file with instruction to your clerk or secretary . |
| 5 | But to Perdita they appeared curiously passive , sitting and waiting for some man to make them unhappy . |
| 6 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 7 | He jibed that ‘ maybe it is waiting for some cross-shareholding agreements ’ with Bundespost Telekom . |
| 8 | Sometimes I watched a den for hours , waiting for some action , only to see the mink return with a freshly caught eel , having made an invisible exit earlier . |
| 9 | The dancers paused , evidently waiting for some acknowledgement or reciprocal gesture , but there was none . |
| 10 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 11 | Esther Breuer made a note to order Oxenholme 's monograph on Signorelli , and read on , waiting for some little current to leap from one open page to the other , from one lobe of the brain to the other , and to ignite a new twig of meaning , to fill a small new cell of the storehouse of her erudition . |
| 12 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 13 | She said that she was waiting for some of her belongings to be sent on , but she 'd supply all her tax and National Insurance details as soon as they came . |
| 14 | He lay frozen , waiting for some reaction , but there was nothing . |
| 15 | In puzzlement she stood there , waiting for some sequel , but nothing happened . |
| 16 | She did not seem at a loss , only waiting for some boring and pointless noise to end . |
| 17 | Her nose was pressed permanently against the window of the boat in an effort to see every beautiful palace with its sleek black gondolas bobbing against the striped poles at the end of jetties , waiting for some prince or wealthy politician to step into . |
| 18 | Maria was paralysed , waiting for some sort of explosion , or for Luke to deny that he was involved with someone like her — the truth , now . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm still working on them , waiting for some details from Mike . |
| 20 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 21 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 22 | We really are waiting for some key data on how and so on which we sha n't know until March so I think that is going to condition our er next consideration but your comment on that . |
| 23 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 24 | at the minute , we 're waiting for some bits for this should be in today . |
| 25 | He seemed to be watching her like a hawk , waiting for some reaction . |
| 26 | Just waiting for some tax forms . |