Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] waiting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 3 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 4 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 5 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 11 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 15 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 18 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 19 | People had been waiting for years for freedom ‘ and they 've now had enough ’ . |
| 20 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 21 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 22 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 25 | In this Karajan proved the catalyst everyone had been waiting for . |
| 26 | The man gave a grunt , which was the permission we had been waiting for , and I ran all the way back to my flat to change and conduct the concert . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In February 1756 reference is made to four illustrations ‘ sent some time since by our friend , Mr. Collinson ’ and Miller said he would have sent others except for the fact that he had been waiting for better colourists . |
| 29 | This was the tonic which the nuclear industry had been waiting for — a government which was both strongly sympathetic to its point of view , and prepared to make firm decisions . |
| 30 | They had been waiting for them , forewarned , rifles at the ready . |