Example sentences of "was wait [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Patten was waiting with a grave face , and he could tell at once that she knew . |
| 2 | Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt . |
| 3 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But in fact he was waiting for a different kind of photograph , a different kind of confirmation . |
| 6 | The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks . |
| 7 | He was a private ; he was waiting by a big car , probably for his officer to come out of his mistress 's apartment . |