Example sentences of "had been waiting for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work .
2 Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough .
3 The government had already agreed to meeting Unita this week and the UN had been waiting for Unita to set the date , UN officials said .
4 Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer .
5 People had been waiting for years for freedom ‘ and they 've now had enough ’ .
6 It had been waiting for weeks .
7 She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him .
8 I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night .
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