Example Sentences

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Neymar said he had been "wishing for this moment to come true for a long time" when announcing his return to Santos on deal which runs until 30 June.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

“We had been wishing for this for so, so long.”

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019

For some time, I had been wishing to gift an acquaintance $50 for goods on Amazon, but was unsure as to how to proceed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012

That’s a reprimand audiences had been wishing for, since Sid has been acting the idiot.

From Time • Nov. 15, 2011

The Ruler of India sent the BFG a magnificent elephant, the very thing he had been wishing for all his life.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl