Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been wait [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 2 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 3 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 4 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 5 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 7 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 8 | She 'd been waiting outside his office for the best part of three hours when his secretary came to tell her that he 'd just phoned in . |
| 9 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 12 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 13 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 14 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 15 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 16 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 17 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 18 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 19 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 20 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |