Example sentences of "[was/were] waiting [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 4 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 5 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 6 | Ranulf and Dame Agatha were waiting for him near the Galilee Gate , the young nun apparently enjoying an account of one of his manservant 's many escapades in London . |
| 7 | It was partly because he got a weird buzz out of scaring himself half to death , and partly because he felt it was a kind of exorcism , to convince him he had control over his fears — and the horrors that were waiting for him round the corner of sleep . |
| 8 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 9 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 12 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 13 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 14 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 17 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 18 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 19 | Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 22 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 23 | Daak was waiting for her beyond the next upright . |
| 24 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 25 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 26 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 27 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 28 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 29 | He was waiting for her in the lounge . |
| 30 | She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen . |