Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] been waiting " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crooking an index finger , she summoned a waiter and proceeded to inform him that she had been waiting fully half an hour for her pancakes and that it would not do . |
| 2 | No , he wrote , because Diana herself does not acknowledge either that she has been waiting all her life for him to appear . |
| 3 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 6 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 7 | It was as if she had been waiting all her life to find this man , this moment . |
| 8 | Mum Cheryl needs a heart-lung transplant but she has been waiting in vain for a donor since January . |
| 9 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 10 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 11 | Not after she 's been waiting 200 years to get her hands on the last of the Gittels . |
| 12 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 13 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |