The parents and the wife were waiting right outside the door.
Your wife has been waiting this two days for you.
We have wives and children waiting at the town hall.
My wife is now at the fish market waiting for a call as to whether she should buy.
The thought crossed her mind that there should be small children running to meet him, and a wife waiting.
Ask yourself, are his wife and daughter waiting for him to come home with scraps of food?
And his wife was waiting for him in the dark.
Yet, his wife and seven children are waiting like all the others for a train to take him to a new homeland.
His wife was waiting, and slammed the door shut behind him.
He drove with great care back to the house, where his wife would be all packed and waiting for him.