Example sentences of "[verb] been wait for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 2 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 3 | Thus ( 15a ) presupposes that the person referred to by I has been waiting for news about someone whom he thought to be in danger , whereas ( 15b ) does not , and might be said rather by someone who is comparing himself with other people who do not know this fact . |
| 4 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 7 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 8 | The government had already agreed to meeting Unita this week and the UN had been waiting for Unita to set the date , UN officials said . |
| 9 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 10 | People had been waiting for years for freedom ‘ and they 've now had enough ’ . |
| 11 | It had been waiting for weeks . |
| 12 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 13 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been waiting for ages , ’ said Angalo . |
| 15 | I 've been waiting for ages . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been waiting for fags since ten o'clock this morning . |
| 17 | I 've been waiting for years for someone to do that . ’ |
| 18 | England have been waiting for Chris Lewis to establish himself as a genuine allrounder since he made his debut in 1990 . |
| 19 | ‘ We have been waiting for grants but there has been some debate about whether croquet is a sport because of the pace it 's played at . ’ |
| 20 | Ever since the 1917 Revolution , Russian women have been waiting for things to improve — and they are still waiting . |
| 21 | Community nurses have been waiting for news about how they are to be organised for some time , and uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale . |
| 22 | THE golden moment millions of TV viewers have been waiting for goes on air tonight . |
| 23 | Charlotte and Alexander have been waiting for years . |