Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [be] [verb] for this " in BNC.

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1 so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that .
2 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 .
3 It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more .
4 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 …
5 The exception was Dawn Allenby , a woman in her thirties who had been engaged for this first production only and who , two days into rehearsal , had fallen heavily for Richard St Ives .
6 Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side .
7 Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 .
8 Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission .
9 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 .
10 ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ .
11 Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts …
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