Example sentences of "he [be] waiting for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sect leader David Koresh , who claims he is Jesus Christ , has told negotiators he is waiting for a ‘ message from God ’ before deciding what to do next . |
| 2 | Throughout this turn , he is waiting for a favourable reaction from the two footballers and , in significant contrast to his argument with Hollar , adopts a much less formal register in order not to alienate them . |
| 3 | He is waiting for the shares to be registered in Pembridge 's name . |
| 4 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 5 | I spect he 's waiting for a train . |
| 6 | As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him . |
| 7 | He 's waiting for a claim going through . |
| 8 | ca n't do anything about it David we 're getting in touch with Blackpool , summat 's gone wrong somewhere along the line , that 's what he 's waiting for a call |
| 9 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 10 | On the other hand it could have been an electrical fault … he 's waiting for the results of the investigation . |
| 11 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 12 | He was waiting for a couple of soluble aspirin to break up in a glass of water as he stood before the opened mirror-cabinet . |
| 13 | Harvey suggested Morris go on down to the party ahead of him , as he was waiting for a partner : he had no wish to take Rupert Murdoch 's shilling , but he was happy to drink his champagne . |
| 14 | But in fact he was waiting for a different kind of photograph , a different kind of confirmation . |
| 15 | And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened . |
| 16 | He was waiting for the crowd to disperse from the grave so he could say his own private farewells when a respectable old lady with a blue rinse came up to him and said , ‘ You do n't remember me , do you , I 'm Mrs Flaherty . ’ |
| 17 | In fact he was waiting for the place , its calm and its unconcern , to make him feel better . |
| 18 | As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation . |
| 19 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 20 | What he said was he was waiting for the government for better |
| 21 | He was waiting for the mountain rescue team to pick him up but we had no idea he was there and neither did anyone else . ‘ |