Example sentences of "[vb past] be waiting for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again .
2 I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself .
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 I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction .
5 Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece .
6 Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life …
7 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 .
8 It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more .
9 Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side .
10 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 . ’
11 He looked as if he had been waiting for some time .
12 We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines .
13 They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner .
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