Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 2 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 3 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 4 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 5 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 7 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 8 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 9 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 10 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 11 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 12 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 13 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 14 | That was what she had been waiting for , that unguarded , unforced , totally natural reaction of a lowly apprentice who sees her work unfold like a fairytale . |
| 15 | And that , then , was what she had been waiting for . |
| 16 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 17 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 18 | She had been waiting for him to bring up the subject and was not surprised when he did so that very evening , although not , as she had anticipated , because of the eminently satisfactory report from her gynaecologist but for another reason altogether . |
| 19 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 20 | This was what she had been waiting for since she had first met him though she had never admitted it to herself until now . |
| 21 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 22 | All the time she had been waiting for him to call , it had been there … |
| 23 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 24 | Now was the moment she had been waiting for . |
| 25 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 26 | But when she had joined Sausage , who had been waiting for her outside , she bent and stroked his curly head , and two large tears rolled down her cheeks and splashed on to his fur . |
| 27 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 28 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 29 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 30 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |