Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] be waiting [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The car had been waiting for him . |
2 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
3 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
4 | Mr McIntyre said the development at Hafton House was the turnaround in fortunes the community had been waiting for since the Holy Loch US Navy base was closed last March . |
5 | The commando had been waiting with disciplined patience some 400 yards ( 365m ) out . |
6 | A ship containing 800 tonnes of food , fuel and medicines sent by the ICRC had been waiting off Mogadishu 's docks , unable to unload , since early November . |
7 | By a coincidence the letter had been waiting for her on her dressing-table when she had got in from the pictures the previous night , just after she had been thinking and talking of Hilda . |
8 | By then , some of the crowd had been waiting for 5 or 6 hours and many were becoming restive . |
9 | ROB BEATTIE PICKS UP HIS PEN TO FIND OUT IF THIS SPLIT PERSONALITY MACHINE REALLY IS WHAT THE WORLD 'S BEEN WAITING FOR . |
10 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
11 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
12 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |