Example sentences of "[was/were] wait [prep] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
2 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
3 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
4 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
5 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
8 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
9 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
10 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
11 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
12 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
13 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
14 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
15 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
16 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
17 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
18 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |
19 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
20 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |