Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [be] wait [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of Lucy 's school-mates , dressed in palest apricot , were bridesmaids , and when the bridal car arrived they were waiting in the entrance porch to make sure her veil cascaded over the gown of pearl-trimmed white lace . |
| 2 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 3 | Towards morning Jed dreamed he was waiting at a bus-stop . |
| 4 | They all said they were waiting on the bank . |
| 5 | They er they , they said they were waiting on the bank to confirm the money . |
| 6 | 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 . |