Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [be] waiting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this Karajan proved the catalyst everyone had been waiting for . |
| 2 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 3 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 4 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 5 | His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars — for Lawrence today was the test he 's been waiting for . |
| 6 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 8 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
| 9 | The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent . |
| 10 | It 's the moment everyone 's been waiting for . |
| 11 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 12 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 13 | Now was the moment she had been waiting for . |
| 14 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 16 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 17 | ‘ For many years we have been waiting for a mighty star to appear in the heavens and now it has . |
| 18 | There was restrained optimism among Wickham 's team that this could be the lead they had been waiting for . |
| 19 | This was the moment he had been waiting for since his ordination . |
| 20 | The man gave a grunt , which was the permission we had been waiting for , and I ran all the way back to my flat to change and conduct the concert . |
| 21 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 22 | For her parents Fran and Les , it was the day they had been waiting for . |
| 23 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 24 | Look out for our EXCLUSIVE PLAYABLE DEMO of the game everyone 's been waiting for , next month … |
| 25 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 26 | Today Cynthia Coles got the news she 's been waiting for . |
| 27 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 28 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |
| 29 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 30 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |