Sentence examples for had been queues from inspiring English sources

Dr Jeans, 30, a season ticket holder at Chelsea from 1997, said there had been "queues of people" at his gated community since he moved there last year.

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

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.

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

A nearly two-hour fight broke out on the southern outskirts of Calais among about 100 Eritreans and some 30 Afghans who had been queueing for food handouts.

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.

Lightsabre-wielding fans had been queuing for the midnight screenings of Star Wars VI: The Force Awakens in the Entertainment Quarter at Sydney's Moore Park since 9pm.

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