Example sentences of "waiting for them [prep] [art] " 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 | He was sitting waiting for them with a bone in his mouth . |
| 13 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon . |
| 16 | There were police waiting for them in the van and they got another good beating . |
| 17 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 18 | 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 . |