Example sentences of "[verb] been wait for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 7 | England have been waiting for Chris Lewis to establish himself as a genuine allrounder since he made his debut in 1990 . |