Example sentences of "have [been] waiting for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That news will come as a welcome relief to the authority , which has been waiting for more than three months for a reply from the Home Secretary . |
| 2 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 5 | His people , the Navaho , had been waiting for nearly a hundred and fifty years . |
| 6 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend may remember that , in 1980 , a quarter of a million people had been waiting for more than two months for telephones to be connected . |
| 8 | The one we 've been waiting for ever since we found the Worm . ’ |
| 9 | We have been waiting for nearly fifty years . ’ |
| 10 | I will be very brief but just to welcome the fact that in we have been waiting for nearly fifty years |
| 11 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 12 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
| 13 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |