Example sentences of "be waiting for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're waiting for a price . |
| 2 | So even if you 're waiting for a sloth to move , you 'll never get tired . |
| 3 | you 're waiting for a call |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | ‘ I believe you 're waiting for a hip replacement . ’ |
| 6 | We 're waiting for a model . |
| 7 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 8 | For two years Kelly 's been waiting for a heart and lung transplant , the only cure for her condition . |
| 9 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 10 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 11 | Columbia 's payload has been waiting for a shuttle ride since nineteen eighty six . |
| 12 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 13 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ? ’ |
| 18 | For more than 2 years , Richard Goodsell , from Henley , has been waiting for an operation on an arthritic finger . |
| 19 | He put aside being lonely for a moment , and realized that hunger had been waiting for an opportunity to make-itself felt . |
| 20 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sometimes you are waiting for a phonecall and sometimes for a touch . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We are waiting for a pathologist 's report but it would be fair to say the investigation is nearing completion , ’ she said . |
| 25 | They are waiting for a kidney donor and time is running out fast ; I wonder if his faith has been weakened or strengthened . |
| 26 | ‘ That means they are waiting for a baby from a ‘ broking ’ company , a children 's home society or even through a privately-reached financial agreement with the natural mother . ’ |
| 27 | Apologies to those who are waiting for a reply ; we 're trying … |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm working on my own house at the moment and I 'm waiting for a grant off the Housing . |