Example sentences of "[verb] been wait [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 35 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 40 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 41 | 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 … |
| 42 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 43 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | If someone had valuables hidden in the hypocaust , he must have been waiting on thorns for the chance to get his hoard away , and baulked all day by staff and visitors wandering around . |
| 46 | ‘ They should have been waiting on Victoria station , checking each train that came in . ’ |
| 47 | Luke and Sonny knew he was coming on the afternoon train ; they should have been waiting at the railway station with the horse and trap . |
| 48 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 49 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 50 | Alternatively , Ho may simply have been waiting for something to turn up , something that would tip the scales one way or the other in the situation that was neither peace nor war . |
| 51 | He might have been waiting for someone . |
| 52 | It would therefore be incredibly naive to conclude from the PIMS data that it is erroneous for companies to increase capital intensity — when their snapshot was taken by PIMS they might still have been waiting for their day to come . |
| 53 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 54 | Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion . |
| 55 | Whoever it was must have been waiting by the telephone for the call . |
| 56 | At best , he should have been waiting until the morning and then politely requesting a desk and a telephone and an interpreter somewhere in the back reaches of their Counter-Terrorism building . |
| 57 | If I 'd been the archer , I thought , I would have been waiting in position , crouched and camouflaged , endlessly patient , arrow notched on bow . |
| 58 | On his return Geoffrey should have been waiting in the wings to assist him into his pirate coat — the hook attached to the sleeve rendered it cumbersome . |
| 59 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |
| 60 | Having been waited on hand and foot for most of his life and had people jump whenever he called , he has never really had the opportunity to be anything else . |