Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 3 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 4 | As is traditional , the trophies which were won throughout the year had been saved for this occasion and presented to their recipients after dinner . |
| 5 | No contingency plans had been made for this eventuality . |
| 6 | Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 . |
| 7 | At present , no minister could answer a parliamentary question by saying that whatever his views on the matter , responsibility had been allocated for this function to Assistant Secretary Brown and it was up to that official to take whatever course of action he thought best to achieve the set objectives . |
| 8 | In the Commons vote in June last year a majority of 123 was against any change , and MPs believed the issue had been settled for this Parliament . |
| 9 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 13 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |
| 15 | Although an adjoining area of ground had been purchased for this purpose , it was never developed as a burial ground and its virgin state allowed the Ekarro Housing Co-operative to complement the conversion of All Saints and St Barnabas with a new building , in the style of the surrounding villas , accommodating further flats for co-operative members ( Plate 26 ) . |