Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince was waiting for him on the terrace of the Hotel Continental , sitting by himself and looking bored . |
| 2 | This is no problem if you are in BBCBASIC(Z80) 's immediate mode where the computer is waiting for you to type something . |
| 3 | The priest and the clerk were waiting for us . |
| 4 | The like is waiting for us all , when God so designs . |
| 5 | The mail was waiting for us . |
| 6 | And the killer was waiting for Trent 's explanation . |
| 7 | Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands . |
| 8 | They smiled at each other , and Sara felt as if she was balanced on the brink of some great truth , that the world outside the window was waiting for her too , opening up , spreading out into the darkness . |
| 9 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 10 | Now the council is waiting for the car parks firm to solve the crash barrier problem . |
| 11 | The director 's waiting for me now . ’ |
| 12 | The Secretary-General 's waiting for the doctor 's report before coming to a decision . ’ |
| 13 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 14 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 15 | The following morning , as I arrived at work , the watchman was waiting for me . |
| 16 | He thought that the Robemaker was waiting for him to do so ; perhaps somehow to indicate that he would ask for mercy , but he had done nothing . |
| 17 | The bogeyman was waiting for him . |
| 18 | The only way to change the Court was to wait for the justices ( of whom there were nine ) either to die or retire , and appoint replacements who would support the New Deal . |
| 19 | One is the occasional project that refuses to work ( although some consider that this is where the fun really starts ) , and the other is waiting for ‘ out of stock ’ components to arrive . |
| 20 | It 's as if the name were waiting for the man , and for the novel which will transpersonalize or socialize the murderous concept : ‘ social unsteadiness , as Shatov says ’ and as we read in the Possessed notebooks . |
| 21 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 22 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 23 | So up we 'd go and we 'd have to keep the crowd back and the object was to wait for Mary to come out for some more beer which was the pub across the road , and when she did , grab her . |
| 24 | The Minister said that the Government are waiting for certain European directives , but failed to mention that the Government are blocking several directives that would assist workers in my constituency . |
| 25 | The catapult was waiting for them . |
| 26 | Shall I say what the Muse is waiting for now ? |
| 27 | But in the total picture if you take what a , any , an average American state spends and you ask the question what proportion of that money comes from the federal government , the answer is wait for it , the answer is about twenty percent . |
| 28 | The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks . |
| 29 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 30 | THE oldest one in the book is waiting for a corner and treading on everyone 's toes on a freezing January day . |