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 . |