Sentence examples for had been queueing from inspiring English sources

At some, customers had been queueing out of the door.

I came here at 6am but managed to sneak forward to meet my friend, who had been queueing since 1am.

But the first fan, who had been queueing overnight for some 20 hours, spent what seemed an eternity talking to a ticket agent.

"When you're walking in and everyone's roaring and cheering and high-fiving you and it's manic, it's a bit much," said Mike Lehnert, 35, who had been queueing since 7pm on Thursday and was ninth in line.

Ramesh Rijal, a 20-year-old taxi driver who had been queueing hard for petrol for two days, said: "I should leave this job and go back to my village.

Once the coffins were opened, archaeologists were working against the clock to remove, record and conserve every fragment, under the gaze of the public who had been queueing outside before the museum opened yesterday morning.

Lynda Reid had been queuing since 5 30am before being knocked back.

Hoad said: "The British journalists had been queuing up to have a go at Jaques and subsequently had a field day.

Last night first aiders were drafted in at St Pancras where thousands of passengers had been queuing for hours after Eurostar services were cancelled.

His supporters, who had been queuing up outside the convention centre in San Diego since before dawn for yesterday's rally, said they would make no difference.

Polling stations were due to open at 7am but delays of at least an hour in some cases angered voters who had been queuing since dawn.