Example sentences of "have been waiting for [adj] [noun pl] " 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 I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction .
3 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 . ’
4 We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines .
5 ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’
6 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 .
7 I 've been waiting for forty years for it
8 McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer .
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