Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [det] moment " 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 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
5 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
6 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
7 | 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 . ’ |