Example sentences of "[verb] be wait [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | Columbia 's payload has been waiting for a shuttle ride since nineteen eighty six . |
| 3 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |
| 4 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 5 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |
| 6 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One particularly nasty German television journalist informed me that he had been waiting for a month and if anyone was getting near Ortega , it was him . |
| 9 | During the trial Mr O'Donnell told how he had agreed to go with McPherson , who had driven him to a lay-by at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 road , where men he recognised had been waiting in a van . |
| 10 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |
| 11 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 12 | For two years Kelly 's been waiting for a heart and lung transplant , the only cure for her condition . |