wait up for somebody

When they arrived at the hotel, the entire team was waiting up for her.

She had no choice but to wait up for Jeffrey's return and let him in.

When he brought me home, my father was waiting up for us.

I got back and she was waiting up for me.

He drove home, where his wife and three children were waiting up for him.

Old friends would be waiting up for him in the small hours.

We sat about waiting up for her until two o'clock.

"May I write a note to a friend who is waiting up for me?"

Gary was waiting up for Mark when he got home, in the room they used as an office.

Even though in a few hours her page one story would hit the stands, she couldn't wait up for it.