Example sentences of "waiting a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all patients were restricted to bed in the medical intensive care unit during the index admission while waiting a suitable donor organ . |
| 2 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 3 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 4 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 6 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 7 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 8 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 9 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 10 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 11 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 12 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 13 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 14 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 15 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 16 | Mr Alan Milburn said he had obtained a copy of The Waiting a secret document giving details of queues for each different consultant . |
| 17 | Naturally , losing an order is a serious matter , but with job production it normally means waiting a short period before being asked to quote again for a different job , whereas with flow production it might be two years before the model is changed and the opportunity is provided to quote again ( by which time the buyer might have forgotten the existence of the salesperson ! ) . |