Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] had been waiting " in BNC.
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| 1 | For them , last Saturday was an accident that had been waiting to happen . |
| 2 | The child 's corpse must have been loaded onto some form of transport that had been waiting beyond the yard . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 5 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |