Example sentences of "[vb base] be waiting for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
2 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
3 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
4 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
5 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
6 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
7 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
8 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
9 | One is , none of the departments are resourced to give this a lot of attention , and secondly we have been waiting for further guidance from the Government on the outcome , particularly from local government , in respect of agenda twenty-one . |
10 | We , the readers of the narrative , have been waiting for this moment ever since the concluding words of the book of Numbers : ‘ These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho . ’ |
11 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |