Example sentences of "be waiting at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Police have been waiting at the top to take the things off them . ’ |
| 2 | Luke and Sonny knew he was coming on the afternoon train ; they should have been waiting at the railway station with the horse and trap . |
| 3 | And then I was late , when I got round there I thought well she 'll at least be waiting at the top of the drive , if not at the top of the road . |
| 4 | He 'll be waiting at the station and we ca n't make it now . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'll be waiting at the church for you , every day for an hour between noon … ’ |
| 6 | Two others , wearing raincoats over their underwear , would be waiting at the bar or similar , ready to join the fray shouting ‘ Boozebusters ’ and things like ‘ Your wife/secretary/boss is taking you out of here now ! ’ and then they would spray foam , throw cards , pop party-poppers and so on and drag the victim out to a waiting fast car . |
| 7 | If advance arrangements have been made for a car to be waiting at the Hill Inn in Chapel-le-Dale to give a return to Ingleton in effortless comfort , the route followed by Three peaks walkers from Whernside 's summit is the best to adopt . |
| 8 | We hoped it would be waiting at the post office at Tamanrasset , the last town before the Niger border . |
| 9 | Who else would be waiting at the arrival barrier at Heathrow at this hour ? |
| 10 | The passports , with the visa stamps , were waiting at the Embassy . |
| 11 | Temptation proved too strong one night when there were some naval cadets in the audience who threw flowers and chocolates up to the troupe and were waiting at the stage door after the show . |
| 12 | As they were waiting at the bus stop in the main square of Fiesole , about five minutes ' walk from the house , she said carefully : |
| 13 | The second man comes , he says the same thing and his brother 's waiting at the gate and she goes only if you fuck me ! |
| 14 | The ‘ Lord Mayor ’ and his ‘ Lady ’ appear at the door of the Forrester 's Arms and climb into the trap which is waiting at the door . |
| 15 | ‘ Your father is waiting at the château to greet you as his daughter , Sabine . ’ |
| 16 | Towards morning Jed dreamed he was waiting at a bus-stop . |
| 17 | Her garments were so large and flowing that a man could have pleasured her while she was waiting at a bus-stop and no one would have been any the wiser . |
| 18 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 19 | Leni was waiting at the foot of the last flight of stairs , which was partitioned off to give her a flimsy front door of her own . |
| 20 | I went to Southport and was waiting at the hotel for Lee when I saw him roll up . |
| 21 | Sandra was waiting at the door . |
| 22 | Natasha was waiting at the door of the apartment when Charlotte emerged from the elevator . |
| 23 | Oates was waiting at the door to lead Patrick down the long corridor to the office opposite the actual mortuary . |
| 24 | Bathsheba knew she must swallow her pride , and called to Laban , who was waiting at the gate . |
| 25 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 26 | At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . |
| 27 | Wife number six was waiting at the gate |
| 28 | When she arrived back from Washington , Drew was waiting at the airport . |
| 29 | Joyce Preston , who is also theatre manager of the Murrayfield Hospital in Thingwall , Wirral , said : ‘ Several weeks before Paula died I came on duty and Eddie was waiting at the theatre . |
| 30 | A short tubby man was waiting at the Font door in grey overalls , beaming . |