Example sentences of "[pers pn] are waiting [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps you have had telephone problems of late and you are waiting for the Telecom engineer .
2 Whilst you are waiting for the expert help to arrive , there is no reason why you should not take the person 's case and find a remedy for him .
3 While you are waiting for the paint to dry , make the light-proof cover .
4 ‘ At the moment we are waiting for the Americans .
5 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 .
6 As maltsters we must not only be aware of our sales but of the customers themselves — here in Scotland we are waiting for the upturn .
7 Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch .
8 We are waiting for the home office to approve this .
9 We are staying in our hotel and we are waiting for the Serbs to stop killing the people . ’
10 The Health Authority say they are waiting for the results of national pay talks before coming to an agreement with their clerical workers .
11 They are waiting in the studio reception where the presenter appears , a human typhoon with glasses that could burn holes in paper on a sunny day and the kind of clothes you ca n't even find in C&A any more .
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