Example sentences of "waiting [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 2 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 3 | The emigrants ' discomfort was aggravated by tantalising radio reports of the steaming soup tureens , hot water and clean clothes waiting for them at the reception centre in Hof , West Germany . |
| 4 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 5 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 6 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
| 7 | They found their parents waiting for them at the top of a wide terrace of marble steps , and the governor 's aide-de-camp conducted them to the reception through a series of lofty , marble-floored chambers forty feet high . |
| 8 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 9 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
| 10 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 11 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
| 12 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 13 | They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon . |
| 14 | There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating . |
| 15 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 16 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 17 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 18 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 19 | ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 20 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
| 22 | The ticket 's waiting for me at the desk . |
| 23 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 24 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
| 25 | Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith . |
| 26 | The hill that was waiting for me across the next two miles of nothingness was typical of those I had climbed that day — no more than a hundred feet high , with a gradual slope . |
| 27 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 28 | Miss Kenton was still waiting for me in the hallway and we ascended through the house in silence . |
| 29 | Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ? |
| 30 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |