Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been wait [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 2 | Her feeling was that Meryl had been waiting for someone … |
| 3 | Although the citadel had been rebuilt by the Emperor Gia Long in 1802 , its palaces and temples had been designed and constructed faithfully in the style favoured by China 's Ming emperors and at the entrance to the Dai Noi , the Imperial City itself , Tran Van Hieu had been waiting for him in the shadow of the Ngo Mon , the " Bull Gate " roofed in gold tiles like the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking . |
| 4 | Rab had been waiting for him . |
| 5 | Mrs Shirley Hayden , headteacher of Our Lady 's school in nearby Crowthorne , Berks , said : ‘ Oliver had been waiting for his mother to pick him up as usual at 3.15pm . |
| 6 | Boisson had been waiting for them . |
| 7 | ‘ It seems as if John had been waiting for them to leave . |