Waiting

Motor vehicle offices are a particular sort of urban hell where people spend hour after hour waiting — waiting to take a number, waiting to have a photograph snapped, waiting to take a vision test, waiting to be called to a clerk’s window.

In text messages on the morning of the murder, Rawle told a friend: “I’m fed up of waiting, everything is waiting, waiting, waiting”.

The biggest wait is for gallbladder removals (35 waiting for surgery), abdominal hysterectomies (30 waiting) and varicose vein stripping and ligation (30 waiting).

There are some bright spots in the NHS waiting list data, with the total number of people waiting having fallen from its peak of 7.7 million in September and sharp reductions in the number of people waiting more than two years.

He has been waiting and waiting and waiting on unemployment benefits that are available – just not accessible.

I'm waiting to start fertility treatments, I'm waiting to see if natural conception will happen, and I'm waiting to see where this journey will take me.

Another traveller said hundreds of travellers were waiting inside the terminal, but there had been little communication from staff – who were also waiting for more information.

Far too many people in Peterborough are waiting far too long for care, and the result is that record numbers of people are spending their final months waiting for treatment that never arrives.

I followed all the rules, waiting at home until the right time and was told to sit in the waiting room.

I have heard stories of customers waiting up to an hour so I was delighted to arrive and not have to queue beforehand, although there was a cluster of people waiting outside for their food.

It added that waiting times for cancer treatment were “especially worrying” and that being so “off track” means more patients are left “waiting too long”.

I therefore went the next morning to A&E at 5.30am, I was the only person in the waiting room and expected to have very little waiting time, but no, ambulances were constantly arriving and obviously took priority.

It may be the case that LEGO was waiting to see how the crossover mode would be received, and now that it's a major success, it might have some sets ready and waiting in the wings.

Its shelters are full of migrants and refugees waiting for opportunities to cross or who have requested asylum in the United States and are waiting out the process.

I was waiting for the phone call in New Zealand, waiting and wanting to give up.

I was waiting for the phone call in New Zealand, waiting and wanting to give up," Morrison said.

One of the worst aspects of air travel is all the waiting you must do; if you’re flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport, you’ll likely be waiting longer than at other airports.

Responding to comments on Times Radio that waiting times increased during his party's tenure in Government, South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne said "extreme" waiting times had come down.

The biggest increase was in the number of patients waiting for MRI scans, where the waiting list has jumped by a third and now stands at 280,000.

The disconnect between adult social care and our hospitals has been blocking up beds – as crude as this sounds – and causing delays further down the chain for those waiting for treatment or ambulances waiting to hand over patients in need of urgent care.