Example sentences of "waiting for [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sitting waiting for them with a bone in his mouth . |
| 2 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 3 | Her father was in the anteroom , waiting for her with a dour face and uneasy eyes , but so closely attended by page and chamberlain that barely a word beyond her submissive greeting and his mumbled acknowledgement , phrased as a blessing but uttered like a malediction , was able to pass between them . |
| 4 | He turned eyes hard with disgust on Dana , and Claudia was n't at all surprised when her sister mumbled that Garry was waiting for her in a café in the main street . |
| 5 | When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder . |
| 6 | We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time . |
| 7 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 8 | If your grandmother 's not waiting for us at a hotel , then where — ? ’ |
| 9 | The rest of the party were waiting for us in a courtyard full of yapping dogs ; long , lean greyhounds , black , white and brindled . |
| 10 | Matters were not helped when we found Doctor Agrippa waiting for us in a seaside tavern , cheerful and full of life as a well-fed sparrow . |