Example sentences of "be waiting for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man you 're waiting for to make you his wife ? ’ |
| 2 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 3 | The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent . |
| 4 | No , it was the last you know the dramatic end that everybody who 's been waiting for watching that film from seven o'clock till |
| 5 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 6 | Just as well so late I 've been waiting for to come . |
| 7 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 8 | Long queues were waiting for opening time at the Regent Street store in London , with the company 's Brighton , Exeter and Cheltenham stores also doing a roaring trade . |