Example sentences of "they [verb] be waiting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 4 | They 've been waiting for it . |
| 5 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 6 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |
| 7 | They had been waiting for them , forewarned , rifles at the ready . |
| 8 | For her parents Fran and Les , it was the day they had been waiting for . |
| 9 | The parents were outraged ; the managers had got the opportunity they had been waiting for . |
| 10 | A crowd of eager customers would be awaiting his arrival outside the shops and attack him for the particular colour , size or style of dress they had been waiting for . |
| 11 | There was restrained optimism among Wickham 's team that this could be the lead they had been waiting for . |
| 12 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 13 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 14 | ‘ We have come to liberate their country ; they have been waiting for us . ’ |
| 15 | They have been waiting for these choice morsels — dessert . |
| 16 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |
| 17 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 18 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |