Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [v-ing] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 2 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 3 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 4 | As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan . |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 6 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 7 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 8 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |