Example sentences of "'d been wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 3 | He 'd been waiting there for me , I concluded . |
| 4 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 5 | He had a feeling that they 'd been waiting right from the start of the trip . |
| 6 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 7 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 8 | They 'd been waiting . |
| 9 | When we left the headman 's house we were joined by a group of young boys who 'd been waiting outside with their dogs , and by other men from houses that we passed along the way . |
| 10 | Halfway outbound in the hold the scheduled traffic for which we 'd been waiting landed , and we swooped down , just catching the ILS . |
| 11 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 12 | ‘ Pretty much what happened was that I 'd been waiting all this time to be successful , to achieve whatever I was going to achieve , now I had and I was sitting in this flippin' hotel thinking : This is not where it 's at . |
| 13 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 14 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 15 | I 'd been waiting . |
| 16 | ‘ Yup , ’ she 'd said , shifting down to fourth as a car she 'd been waiting to pass pulled back into the slow lane . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 19 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 20 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 21 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 22 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 23 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 25 | ‘ He 'd been waiting long enough to see it . ’ |
| 26 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 27 | She 'd been waiting outside his office for the best part of three hours when his secretary came to tell her that he 'd just phoned in . |
| 28 | She 'd been waiting all her life for this man , this moment . |
| 29 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 30 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |