Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have be waiting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 2 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 3 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 4 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 5 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 6 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 7 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 8 | The man got into the lift with her after he had been waiting in the foyer . |
| 9 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 10 | Theodora replaced the mouthpiece and the telephone shrilled again as though it had been waiting for her to release its ring . |