Being and remaining ready and available for use.
1The Iraqi opposition has a small militia ready and waiting in Iran.
2The SWAT vehicle was parked, ready and waiting, right next to them.
3The bottle was already on ice, ready and waiting behind the bar.
4The chopper stood ready and waiting, blades slicing blue sky, energy pulsing.
5I was ready and waiting, and drove off comfortably to the railway.
6So I was swept and empty and ready and waiting-whenshe came.
7The date for receiving arrived and found us all ready and waiting.
8When I arrived there on October 6th all was ready and waiting.
9He was always ready and waiting for this, since it never failed.
10Augur, as has been said, had been ready and waiting all day.
11Mustard Foods have prepared three different food boxes, ready and waiting for order.
12The point is young people are ready and waiting to revitalise Britain's cities.
13When John Major called the election we were ready and waiting.
14Later, when they came upstairs looking for him, he was ready and waiting.
15You'll find him down in Treatment Room Nine-they're ready and waiting.
16Plenty of room to expand over there and a workforce ready and waiting.