Example sentences of "[verb] [be] wait [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then , some of the crowd had been waiting for 5 or 6 hours and many were becoming restive . |
| 2 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 3 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 4 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
| 7 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
| 8 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 9 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |