Example sentences of "have [been] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 2 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 3 | Alternatively , Ho may simply have been waiting for something to turn up , something that would tip the scales one way or the other in the situation that was neither peace nor war . |
| 4 | He might have been waiting for someone . |
| 5 | It would therefore be incredibly naive to conclude from the PIMS data that it is erroneous for companies to increase capital intensity — when their snapshot was taken by PIMS they might still have been waiting for their day to come . |
| 6 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 7 | Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion . |