Example sentences of "be waiting [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BSkyB spokesman said : ‘ We 're waiting for the various football bodies to sort the matter out . ’ |
| 2 | We 're waiting for the lost and founds . |
| 3 | And all the way through the film these things were happening and you 're waiting for the thrilling resolution . |
| 4 | They 're waiting for the little green men , he thought . |
| 5 | there 's hundreds of French , Germans they 're waiting until the first of July and they 'll be in this country in a flash . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 7 | ‘ For many years we have been waiting for a mighty star to appear in the heavens and now it has . |
| 8 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 9 | Gentlemen ushers in knee-length black tunics fuss about , directing last-minute guests to their seats , although most have been waiting for the best part of an hour , making stilted smalltalk to conceal their pride . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 11 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 12 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 13 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 14 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 15 | ‘ Some of the Wimbledon Dharjees , ’ went on Maisie , ‘ have been waiting for the Twenty-fourth Imam . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 17 | He 's been waiting for the past half-hour . ’ |
| 18 | Tobacco advertising through sponsorship and billboards had been waiting like the last prisoners on death row for eight months following a cabinet announcement in April 1992 that the end of their last ditch stand was nigh . |
| 19 | We are waiting for a new quotation from Eurofighter for their part of the programme erm but in advance of receiving it I 'd not rather not speculate as to which impact it might have on the project . |
| 20 | But if lean times demand a sensible approach , that does n't mean designers are waiting for the economic upturn and a more healthy fashion market . |
| 21 | You say you had stuff stood here when I 'm waiting for a bleeding . |
| 22 | I 'm waiting for a new one . |
| 23 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm waiting for the hot water , mm |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm waiting for the National Guard so I can go home , ’ he jokes . |
| 26 | Er no sir , I 'm waiting for the next item . |
| 27 | In early 1945 I went with U Kyaw Min to Ceylon to talk to British forces which were then thought to be waiting for a seaborne invasion of Burma . |
| 28 | His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . |
| 29 | In fact , Jack fancied his country sports so much he 'd occasionally order Boro apprentices to help ‘ beat ’ the Yorkshire moors for game birds — where he 'd be waiting with a loaded gun ! |
| 30 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |