Example sentences of "waiting [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 32 | There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said . |
| 34 | Waiting for me behind the counter was Katrina . |
| 35 | Maggie burst into tears at the sight of the house and the small familiar crowd waiting for her outside the wooden gate of the garden . |
| 36 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 37 | Why were some men waiting for her on the night she died ? |
| 38 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 39 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 40 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 41 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 42 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 43 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 44 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 45 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 46 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 47 | Daak was waiting for her beyond the next upright . |
| 48 | Waiting for her beneath the tree , with all the other equipment she might need , packed in a box . |
| 49 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 50 | The photographer would be waiting for her by the exhibition stand in twenty minutes or so . |
| 51 | He was waiting for her in the lounge . |
| 52 | It seemed so strange to find no Sambo waiting for her in the hall . |
| 53 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 54 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 55 | She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen . |
| 56 | Rune was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift . |
| 57 | No doubt he was waiting for her in the foyer , champing at her non-appearance . |
| 58 | Mike was waiting for her in the lobby when she came down , and she was pleased to see that he too had dressed as informally as possible in deference to the humidity . |
| 59 | He was waiting for her in the hall . |
| 60 | Tracey was waiting for her in the pub . |