Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] waiting [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's their last song , the one everyone has been waiting for , it 's their biggest hit — it 's a hysterical cock-up . |
2 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
3 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
4 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
5 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
8 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
9 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ Hullo , Pranger , I 've been waiting for you for years . ’ |
12 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you , ’ said the Countess . |
13 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
14 | I 've been waiting for years for someone to do that . ’ |
15 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
16 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
17 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
18 | I 've been waiting for you . |
19 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you . |
20 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you all this time , Jane , ’ he said . |
21 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
22 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you to look after the children while I fetch him . ’ |
23 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
24 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
25 | I complied and he bellowed ‘ Five months , I 've been waiting for my telephone . |
26 | I 've been waiting for ages . ’ |
27 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
28 | I 've been waiting for him all my life . |
29 | I 've been waiting for you . |
30 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |