Examples of 'i had been waiting' in a sentence

Meaning of "i had been waiting"

This phrase indicates that the speaker had been waiting for a certain period of time in the past. It suggests that the waiting has already occurred and could imply a feeling of frustration, impatience, or anticipation depending on the context

How to use "i had been waiting" in a sentence

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i had been waiting
I had been waiting for you to call me.
It felt almost as though I had been waiting for it to happen in anticipation.
I had been waiting for someone to invent this.
I instantly knew that this was the moment I had been waiting for all my life.
I had been waiting for statements like these.
I knew that I had been waiting for her.
I had been waiting for quite a while.
This was the dream I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for a fresh idea to decorate it.
I played the one I had been waiting so long to try.
I had been waiting for a role like this.
But it seemed as though I had been waiting for you.
I had been waiting outside for him.
It was the project I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting two years to go back.

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I realized that what I had been waiting for was commitment.
I had been waiting for a wrestling game.
This was an album I had been waiting for my entire life.
I had been waiting for two days.
Reaching where I had been waiting years for you.
I had been waiting an hour when he appeared.
He asked me if I had been waiting for a long time.
I had been waiting so long to run free.
I realized who I had been waiting for was me.
I had been waiting for that moment.
The iPad was that device I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for six years.
He finally gave me the chance I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for him to see me.
I felt like he was the one I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for it for four years.
It looked like the program I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting to knock him down.
This was the magic moment I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting almost two years by this time.
For most of my life I had been waiting.
I had been waiting for the letter.
This was the email I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting on him for almost forty minutes.
That was the chance I had been waiting two years for.
I had been waiting for a new entry.
You are the person whom I had been waiting for forever.
I had been waiting for that moment all my life.
Charlotte was the woman I had been waiting my whole life for.
I had been waiting for that question.
It was the moment that I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for new folks to join me.
Finally he said the magical words I had been waiting for.
I had been waiting for you.
When it first was created I had been waiting for it.

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