Example sentences of "be waiting [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean think of say rolling back in traffic if you 're waiting on a hill . |
| 2 | David Brush , and we we 're still wa we 're waiting on a Lily , so I think we might be asking Naomi to do our Lily for u |
| 3 | We 're waiting for a price . |
| 4 | So even if you 're waiting for a sloth to move , you 'll never get tired . |
| 5 | you 're waiting for a call |
| 6 | Well they ai n't going to anyway does a two or three years , they 're old age pensioners , the house is too big for them cos they 're waiting for a place to move , that 's why I want to get it , get this hedge grow before the next one comes in |
| 7 | ‘ I believe you 're waiting for a hip replacement . ’ |
| 8 | We 're waiting for a model . |
| 9 | You can imagine , they 're all waiting there , anything t to distract you if you 're waiting in a queue , and there was this man , throwing himself off ladders , chucking wardrobes everywhere and we got Very good . |
| 10 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 11 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 12 | For two years Kelly 's been waiting for a heart and lung transplant , the only cure for her condition . |
| 13 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 14 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 15 | Columbia 's payload has been waiting for a shuttle ride since nineteen eighty six . |
| 16 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 17 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 18 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |
| 19 | One particularly nasty German television journalist informed me that he had been waiting for a month and if anyone was getting near Ortega , it was him . |
| 20 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 21 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 22 | For more than 2 years , Richard Goodsell , from Henley , has been waiting for an operation on an arthritic finger . |
| 23 | He put aside being lonely for a moment , and realized that hunger had been waiting for an opportunity to make-itself felt . |
| 24 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 25 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |
| 26 | During the trial Mr O'Donnell told how he had agreed to go with McPherson , who had driven him to a lay-by at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 road , where men he recognised had been waiting in a van . |
| 27 | COHSE argues that most trusts are waiting for a system to prove itself somewhere else before showing their hands — and that PRP will not work unless there is money to fund it . |
| 28 | Sometimes you are waiting for a phonecall and sometimes for a touch . |
| 29 | ‘ The longest serving member of staff has been offered the one post that we will be able to fund from the Scottish Education Department for next session and currently we are waiting for a decision on that matter . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We are waiting for a pathologist 's report but it would be fair to say the investigation is nearing completion , ’ she said . |