Shooters are not allowed to point their loaded guns at the target while awaiting permission to fire.
It was late afternoon when they circled Washington, awaiting permission to land.
One more woman is expected to be on the board, but she is awaiting permission from her employer.
Almost immediately, two more taxied out onto the strip and awaited permission to go.
I continued to kneel, awaiting permission to rise, or to speak, but the only sound was the murmur of running water all around us.
While I awaited permission for an air attack, the slain man was brought to the control building.
They reminded him of children gathered about a spread table and awaiting permission to begin to eat.
We're awaiting permission to begin studying the concealed machine, itself.
The six o'clock gun awoke the camp and found me already at the General's tent, awaiting permission to see him.
Since then, it has languished in a 35-year-long purgatory awaiting permission to become a full member.