Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had been waiting [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One particularly nasty German television journalist informed me that he had been waiting for a month and if anyone was getting near Ortega , it was him . |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 6 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 7 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The man got into the lift with her after he had been waiting in the foyer . |
| 10 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 11 | Theodora replaced the mouthpiece and the telephone shrilled again as though it had been waiting for her to release its ring . |