Example sentences of "[pers pn] had been waiting for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 2 | She had been waiting for him to bring up the subject and was not surprised when he did so that very evening , although not , as she had anticipated , because of the eminently satisfactory report from her gynaecologist but for another reason altogether . |
| 3 | All the time she had been waiting for him to call , it had been there … |
| 4 | They had been waiting for them , forewarned , rifles at the ready . |
| 5 | Theodora replaced the mouthpiece and the telephone shrilled again as though it had been waiting for her to release its ring . |
| 6 | He had been waiting for her to go to bed . |
| 7 | He had been waiting for her , it seemed . |