Example sentences of "he [be] waiting for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is waiting for the shares to be registered in Pembridge 's name . |
| 2 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 4 | On the other hand it could have been an electrical fault … he 's waiting for the results of the investigation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | In fact he was waiting for the place , its calm and its unconcern , to make him feel better . |
| 8 | As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | What he said was he was waiting for the government for better |
| 11 | 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 . ‘ |