Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] waiting for the " in BNC.

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1 Prior to the Tektronix announcement , such users were confined to an IBM system using the PS/2 board or waiting for the Network Computing Devices Inc plug-in board option that is announced but not yet available .
2 But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing .
3 Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open .
4 ‘ Sitting on an empty place and waiting for the price to rocket , more like . ’
5 Sitting in a bus next morning , eating pineapple and waiting for the driver , we heard that the survivors were going to walk on fiery coals that night down on the fairground .
6 I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep .
7 Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up .
8 later , though , he mentioned ‘ a lack of positive approach and waiting for the runs to come ’ .
9 Dad 's Army and waiting for the final push — ( l-r ) Hill , Teague ( obscured ) , Winterbottom , Dooley , Probyn and Ackford ( the only one to have retired so far ) .
10 It felt rather like laying herself in front of an approaching juggernaut and waiting for the inevitable annihilation to follow …
11 Chesarynth leant back against the wall , holding her throbbing hand and waiting for the knives in her head to dissolve .
12 I 'm not a heavy gambler , but I do enjoy a sizeable bet and waiting for the result .
13 I said of course you were deep in domesticity and waiting for the baby and she said that was what so many good students seemed to be choosing these days … "
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