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Fotos of Titanic survivors and family members a-waiting word.
Rustycon fotos frankwu 2008
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So Alvin walked along the shore of the Wobbish, heading downriver, knowing that where the Tippy-Canoe discharged itself into the larger stream, there he'd find his pa and ma, his brothers and his sisters, all a-waiting there to find out what had happened to him in the year since he set out to become a prentice blacksmith back at Hatrack River.
He Don't Know Him 2010
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I sympathise, old bean, but needs must when Maestro Whates is a-waiting!
Conflicts Anthology Now Available + Plus Interview Link « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2010
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Now, all in a line; hold the lantern up a bit, Tommy; clear your throats first; here, come on, do, we're all a-waiting.
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We're a-waiting on my dad to figure out an appropriate Chinese name.
I'm an uncle! (first of many follow-ons) frankwu 2006
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And while she stood a-waiting she whistled up a tune
Sausage 2006
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And while she stood a-waiting she whistled up a tune
Raspberry Shortcake 2006
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"If'n their captain thought we were a-waiting ..." mused Ferek.
Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999
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There's a long long night a-waiting until my dreams all come true,
Long Long Trail 1997
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Well, and we kept a-waiting there, and he'd try to go in, and wouldn't let him.
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