Example sentences of "[pers pn] was waiting for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 2 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 3 | Anyway , I was waiting for the Norwich train to come in . ’ |
| 4 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 5 | I was waiting for The Headless Horseman Three … |
| 6 | I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled . |
| 7 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 8 | I was that disgusted , I was waiting for the music . |
| 9 | I was waiting for the bus . |
| 10 | I was waiting for the ambulance the ambulance just came |
| 11 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 12 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 13 | She was waiting for the tide to turn . |
| 14 | It 's like Tracey said with you 're I mean she did her gold star she was waiting for the letter to come through , Tracey . |
| 15 | And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened . |
| 16 | He was waiting for the crowd to disperse from the grave so he could say his own private farewells when a respectable old lady with a blue rinse came up to him and said , ‘ You do n't remember me , do you , I 'm Mrs Flaherty . ’ |
| 17 | In fact he was waiting for the place , its calm and its unconcern , to make him feel better . |
| 18 | As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation . |
| 19 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 20 | What he said was he was waiting for the government for better |
| 21 | He was waiting for the mountain rescue team to pick him up but we had no idea he was there and neither did anyone else . ‘ |