Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] wait [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got clients , for example , where we are waiting for the sale of land to get our monies in , so it 's reasonable to expect that we 'll see that within the next three years . |
| 2 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 3 | Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her . |
| 4 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 6 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 7 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 8 | Perhaps you have had telephone problems of late and you are waiting for the Telecom engineer . |
| 9 | And all the way through the film these things were happening and you 're waiting for the thrilling resolution . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | We are staying in our hotel and we are waiting for the Serbs to stop killing the people . ’ |
| 12 | We 've slammed in the lamb and we 're waiting on the Yorkshire results . |
| 13 | Tracy wants a pair of boots and we 're waiting for the sales . |
| 14 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 15 | Christ they 've done that for , the double decker Used to cos they was waiting in the come round to get |
| 16 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 17 | And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened . |
| 18 | It was ten minutes brisk walk to the Embassy , and he was waiting on the corner as Hannele approached . |
| 19 | She told him what calls he had received and what was waiting in the post . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'm waiting for the call . ’ |
| 21 | While I am waiting on the platform , a railway employee shouts across the track that the 9.49 is cancelled , and that the next train will be at 10.19 . |
| 22 | I 'll be glad of the company , I expect , while I 'm waiting for the police . |
| 23 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 24 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | Absolutely , you could , you could actually work it all out while you 're waiting for the course . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | While you are waiting for the paint to dry , make the light-proof cover . |