Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be waiting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 2 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 3 | THE golden moment millions of TV viewers have been waiting for goes on air tonight . |
| 4 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 5 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 6 | Michell 's work provided the opportunity researchers had been waiting for and Pat Gadsby and Chris Hutton-Squire , of the alternative technology magazine , Undercurrents , took up the challenge . |
| 7 | The horses had been waiting for it . |
| 8 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That 's why Sangenic is the invention that disposable nappies have been waiting for . |
| 11 | Ever since the 1917 Revolution , Russian women have been waiting for things to improve — and they are still waiting . |
| 12 | Family planning experts claim it 's what women have been waiting for . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |