Example sentences of "have [been] waiting for " in BNC.
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| 31 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 36 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 37 | 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 … |
| 38 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 39 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 40 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 41 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | He might have been waiting for someone . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The gunman is believed to have been waiting for the women and chidren to come out of the shop . |
| 48 | People had been waiting for years for freedom ‘ and they 've now had enough ’ . |
| 49 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 50 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 54 | In this Karajan proved the catalyst everyone had been waiting for . |
| 55 | The man gave a grunt , which was the permission we had been waiting for , and I ran all the way back to my flat to change and conduct the concert . |
| 56 | Mrs Shirley Hayden , headteacher of Our Lady 's school in nearby Crowthorne , Berks , said : ‘ Oliver had been waiting for his mother to pick him up as usual at 3.15pm . |
| 57 | In February 1756 reference is made to four illustrations ‘ sent some time since by our friend , Mr. Collinson ’ and Miller said he would have sent others except for the fact that he had been waiting for better colourists . |
| 58 | This was the tonic which the nuclear industry had been waiting for — a government which was both strongly sympathetic to its point of view , and prepared to make firm decisions . |
| 59 | They had been waiting for them , forewarned , rifles at the ready . |
| 60 | This was the moment he had been waiting for since his ordination . |