Example sentences of "waiting for [pers pn] in the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon .
3 There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating .
4 They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall .
5 Miss Kenton was still waiting for me in the hallway and we ascended through the house in silence .
6 Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ?
7 The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite .
8 The wench was waiting for me in the street .
9 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 . ’
10 He was waiting for her in the lounge .
11 It seemed so strange to find no Sambo waiting for her in the hall .
12 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 .
13 they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena .
14 She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen .
15 Rune was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift .
16 No doubt he was waiting for her in the foyer , champing at her non-appearance .
17 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 .
18 He was waiting for her in the hall .
19 Tracey was waiting for her in the pub .
20 If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ?
21 JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper .
22 Guido was waiting for her in the hallway , his face as black as thunder .
23 How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know .
24 He went ahead of her to the concert hall , bought the tickets , and stood waiting for her in the foyer .
25 The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers .
26 He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby .
27 Any horrors waiting for him in the future were compensated by this moment in time .
28 A man came home late from work one night to find his wife sitting waiting for him in the living room .
29 Waiting for him in the studio seven people are busy setting up the camera and lights and unwrapping white plaster pillars and an assortment of very beautiful chairs and tables .
30 The ice crown was waiting for him in the city , protected only by the ghosts .
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