But Mr. Podger and the driver of the sports car waved at each other.

He waved his arm around at the furnishings.

On March 21, 1845 the bark Bashaw weighed anchor at New Orleans, while on the levee Henry and William Palfrey waved farewell to their father's former chattels who must have looked back at the receding shore with mingled regret and jubilation.

Holden waved a hand at the empty street.

In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden and thereafter the boys with the cameras had to unsheathe their 300 mm. lenses and shoot at extreme range.

Video of the crash showed what appeared to be a fatal incident, but once medical workers arrived at the car, Earnhardt climbed out and waved to the crowd, refusing to be loaded onto a stretcher despite a broken collarbone, sternum, and shoulder blade.

The Hells Angels provided security that proved far less benevolent than the security provided at the Woodstock event: 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed and killed during The Rolling Stones ' performance after he brandished a gun and waved it toward the stage.

The Bourbons were greeted coldly by the English, who upon their arrival mockingly waved the newly adopted tri-colour flags at them.

That evening at 22. 30 or so, Bresci shot the king who had stood on the carriage and waved to the crowd.

Taxis can be either found at one of many predefined places around the city ( Taxi de Sitio ), waved off along the way or called in by Radio.

Jasper erected a temporary staff, and waved the flag at the British until a new staff was erected.

There was a dramatic moment at St Andrews in 2000, as the ageing Jack Nicklaus waved farewell to the crowds, while the young challenger to his crown watched from a nearby tee ; Nicklaus afterward decided to play in the 2005 Open when the R & A announced St Andrews as the venue, giving his final farewell to the fans at the Home of Golf.

To motivate his troops at the start of the battle, he waved a lit torch near an open powder keg and declared that he would blow the fort up should the French break through.

* Hoko yari An old form of yari possibly from the Nara period ( 710-794 ), a guard's spear with six-foot pole and eight inch blade either leaf-shape or waved ( like the Malay kris ) ; a sickle-shaped horn projected on one or both sides at the joint of blade.

At one point Ryan waved what appeared to be an unpinned grenade at them through the window, though reports differ as to whether Ryan really was armed as such.

Canucks fans waved white towels by the thousands at the next game, a playoff tradition that continues to this day and that is widely copied by other hockey teams.

Eventually they arrived at Liverpool Road railway station in Manchester to be met by a hostile crowd, who waved banners and flags against the Duke and pelted him with vegetables.

* On July 5, 2005, during U2's performance of the song New Year's Day at a stadium in Chorzów, Poland, the audience of 70, 000 waved colored articles of clothing to form a giant Polish flag of white and red: fans on the pitch waved red, those in the bleachers waved white.

When one of them ( Susan Atkins ) passed Folger's bedroom door, Folger, believing the woman was a friend of the Polanskis, waved and smiled at the intruder.

Legend has it that at the first performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, during the applause immediately after the performance, Mravinsky took the score in his hand and waved it above his head.

Historians note that Washington, " advised, networked, cut deals, made threats, pressured, punished enemies, rewarded friends, greased palms, manipulated the media, signed autographs, read minds with the skill of a master psychologist, strategized, raised money, always knew where the camera was pointing, traveled with an entourage, waved the flag with patriotic speeches, and claimed to have no interest in partisan politics.

The modest and happy Spahn waved off his new laurels as one of those good days.

After being waved off for landing twice, his plane's wing struck the porch of a nearby house and the plane crashed into Sunset Memorial Park, killing Lt. Byrne.

He called the Chicago police who dutifully responded and had to be waved off by the federal agents, who told them that they were on a stakeout for an important target.

During the first guitar intermission of " Honey Don't " they were waved off stage and into a vacant dressing room behind a double line of police officers.

It bowed and smiled and waved its hands and took off its hat with the most perfect naturalness and grace.

She took off her jersey and waved it over her head ( as men frequently do ), showing her muscular torso and sports bra as she celebrated.

Think of all those women on the ' Titanic ' who waved off the dessert cart.

Trice was able to drive off the expressway, where his girlfriend waved down the police.

In September at Loudon New Hampshire, Tony Stewart lead part of the final stages trying to hold off Clint Bowyer for RCR who dominated the race ; when the white flag waved the fans saw that Tony Stewart was out of gas ; Bowyer passed him and won both the white flag and the checkers.

With the Colts facing a 4th & 4 at their own 26, Manning waved the punt team off the field and completed a 19 yard pass to Reggie Wayne for the first down.

Women playfully waved their long skirts while holding a candle, and men danced behind the women with one hand behind their back and the other hand either holding a hat, putting it on, or taking it off.

Although he got up inside the count, the fight was waved off.

However, the US embassy in Delhi issued a formal denial that Fernandes had been strip-searched, and said that, " Fernandes was not strip-searched but a security wand was waved over him when a key in his pocket set off the metal detector.

Immediately after the announcement, a job hunting specialist started a lecture, but employees waved him off, trying to recover from the blow.

Landing opportunities at The Kennedy Space Center at 7: 54 am EDT and 9: 31 am 21 July 1995 were waved off due to a buildup of ground fog over the Shuttle Landing Facility.

Discovery's astronauts were informed that their landing had been waved off for the day at 7: 10 AM CDT after astronaut Steve Oswald, flying weather reconnaissance in a Shuttle Training Aircraft over the landing strip, reported that he could not see the 3-mile-long runway from his vantage point.

An earlier KSC landing opportunity at 6: 26 am EDT was waved off due to marginal yet improving weather conditions at KSC.

If the puck is first touched by the goaltender or a player on the team that iced the puck, icing is waved off ( cancelled ) and play continues.

If the icing is waved off, the official lowers his arm and gives the washout signal ( extending both arms sideways from the body at shoulder height, similar to the " safe " sign in baseball but typically delivered from a less-crouched or fully upright position ).

Icing is always waved off in the following situations:

It has smooth leaves shooting off from a large basal rosette, with distinctive waved or curled edges.

On the first weekend of qualifying, he waved off after a poor qualifying lap.

Dennis Lillee, who had just waved off New Zealand's last recognised batsman, awaited the arrival of Cairns.