Example sentences of "had [be] wait for [adj] " 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 By then , some of the crowd had been waiting for 5 or 6 hours and many were becoming restive .
3 I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction .
4 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 .
5 It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more .
6 Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece .
7 Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side .
8 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 …
9 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 . ’
10 He looked as if he had been waiting for some time .
11 We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines .
12 Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit .
13 They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner .
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