Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beauty had disappeared below deck now and Fernando was leaning on the handrail waiting for her and gazing out towards the harbour buildings . |
| 2 | He rested on the water waiting for what he knew was going to happen . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not very good , I 'm afraid , ’ he said when they were on the floor waiting for the band to strike up . |
| 4 | Matilda and her brother were sitting quietly on the sofa waiting for their mother to bring in the TV dinners on a tray . |
| 5 | Tom and Peter and Peter 's new friend Jay were standing on the platform waiting for the southbound Jubilee train . |
| 6 | But he sat there three hours on the motorway waiting for the bloody A A man to find him and , apparently he did n't find it , could n't find him sa cos he rang back he said , look there 's no one come yet ! |
| 7 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 8 | I felt that some of those on the bank waiting for the net to come in were wanting a body and wishing hard for a corpse . |
| 9 | While we sat on the plane waiting for the injured I noticed the dog . |
| 10 | Or God forbid — down on the pavement waiting for a party of schoolgirls to tread on them ! |
| 11 | And , on his way to meet the Prime Minister , Mr Delors bumped his head on the car waiting for him at Heathrow . |
| 12 | He was simmering down , or more exactly , getting a little tired as they stood on the sidewalk waiting for a street-car . |