Example sentences of "have [be] waiting [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 DHA 1 has been waiting patiently for a new DGH for 25 years .
2 as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it .
3 He 'd been waiting there for me , I concluded .
4 It was as if he had been waiting there for me all my life .
5 I 've been waiting here for ages .
6 I 've been waiting here for ten minutes = I 'm waiting here ten minutes
7 ‘ I 've been waiting here for two hours , Fagin , ’ said the stranger .
8 And and they 've been waiting since for it to happen .
9 ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder .
10 Musicians have been waiting impatiently for an application to read printed musical scores and convert them into MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface files for output on keyboards and synthesisers .
11 I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’
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