Example sentences of "have [been] waiting " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been the archer , I thought , I would have been waiting in position , crouched and camouflaged , endlessly patient , arrow notched on bow . |
| 2 | Luke and Sonny knew he was coming on the afternoon train ; they should have been waiting at the railway station with the horse and trap . |
| 3 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 4 | At best , he should have been waiting until the morning and then politely requesting a desk and a telephone and an interpreter somewhere in the back reaches of their Counter-Terrorism building . |
| 5 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 6 | Alternatively , Ho may simply have been waiting for something to turn up , something that would tip the scales one way or the other in the situation that was neither peace nor war . |
| 7 | On his return Geoffrey should have been waiting in the wings to assist him into his pirate coat — the hook attached to the sleeve rendered it cumbersome . |
| 8 | He might have been waiting for someone . |
| 9 | Eventually I fed them , shut them in their kennels ; did n't go to the dining room where dinner would have been waiting , already cold ; instinct walked my weight to Leon 's bedroom . |
| 10 | Whoever it was must have been waiting by the telephone for the call . |
| 11 | It would therefore be incredibly naive to conclude from the PIMS data that it is erroneous for companies to increase capital intensity — when their snapshot was taken by PIMS they might still have been waiting for their day to come . |
| 12 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 13 | If someone had valuables hidden in the hypocaust , he must have been waiting on thorns for the chance to get his hoard away , and baulked all day by staff and visitors wandering around . |
| 14 | ‘ They should have been waiting on Victoria station , checking each train that came in . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I must have been waiting too . |
| 16 | Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion . |
| 17 | The residents could have been waiting to mug her with a Zimmer frame . |
| 18 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |