Example sentences of "have be waiting [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
3 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
6 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
7 | 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 … |
8 | 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 . |
9 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
10 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
11 | 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 . ’ |
12 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
13 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
14 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
15 | The commando had been waiting with disciplined patience some 400 yards ( 365m ) out . |
16 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
17 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
18 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
19 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
20 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
21 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
22 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
23 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
24 | One is , none of the departments are resourced to give this a lot of attention , and secondly we have been waiting for further guidance from the Government on the outcome , particularly from local government , in respect of agenda twenty-one . |
25 | We , the readers of the narrative , have been waiting for this moment ever since the concluding words of the book of Numbers : ‘ These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho . ’ |
26 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
27 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |