Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been waiting [prep] " 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 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 8 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 9 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 10 | ‘ Hullo , Pranger , I 've been waiting for you for years . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you , ’ said the Countess . |
| 12 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been waiting for years for someone to do that . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 15 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
| 17 | I 've been waiting for you . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you all this time , Jane , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you to look after the children while I fetch him . ’ |
| 22 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 23 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 24 | I complied and he bellowed ‘ Five months , I 've been waiting for my telephone . |
| 25 | I 've been waiting for ages . ’ |
| 26 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 27 | I 've been waiting for him all my life . |
| 28 | I 've been waiting for you . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |