Example sentences of "[conj] have been waiting " in BNC.

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1 I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’
2 The child 's corpse must have been loaded onto some form of transport that had been waiting beyond the yard .
3 They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival .
4 For them , last Saturday was an accident that had been waiting to happen .
5 Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time .
6 The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds .
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