Example sentences of "[vb past] been wait [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 4 | As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan . |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 6 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 7 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |
| 10 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 11 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |