Example sentences of "be keep waiting for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not acceptable that patients with diagnostic problems in headache , cerebrovascular disease , multiple sclerosis , spinal tumours , pain , epilepsy , space occupying lesions , and dementia — to choose limited examples — should be kept waiting for skilled professional diagnosis , investigation , sympathetic management , and treatment . |
| 2 | Any other woman would have been spitting angry at being kept waiting for four and a half hours . |
| 3 | They were kept waiting for four hours before being given clearance to cover the Match of The Century ( starring Paul Gascoigne ) . |
| 4 | ‘ One Saturday we were kept waiting for TWO MINUTES for Science Now on Radio 4 which then ran its full 30 minutes . |
| 5 | Thousands of disappointed customers were kept waiting for free tickets to America after buying £100 vacuum cleaners . |
| 6 | Powerhouse walked out after complaining that they had been kept waiting for 40 minutes for the court and Components Bureau claimed the points by default and then appealed unsuccessfully against the Scottish Association 's decision to rearrange the fixture . |