Example sentences of "[vb past] be wait for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 3 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |
| 4 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 5 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |