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Your friends waited for you for over an hour vs Your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. "Your friends waited for you for over an hour" implies that the waiting has already ended. "Your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour" suggests that the friends are still waiting. The choice between the two depends on whether you want to emphasize the completion of the waiting or the continuous nature of it.
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Your friends waited for you for over an hour

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that the waiting has already ended.

This phrase is used to convey that your friends waited for you in the past for a specific duration, which has now concluded.

Examples:

  • Your friends waited for you for over an hour, but you never showed up.
  • I heard that your friends waited for you for over an hour yesterday.
  • I waited for you for over an hour.
  • We've been waiting for you for over an hour.
  • I've been waiting for you for over an hour at Kelly's.
  • There you are! I've been looking for you for over an hour.
  • I've been looking for you for over an hour!
  • He never showed. I waited for over an hour.
  • I waited for him for over an hour - he didn't show.
  • That nine o'clock waited for over an hour.
  • No, they said he waited for over an hour.
  • I've been paging you for over an hour, Trudeau.
  • I've been trying to reach you for over an hour.
  • I've been calling you for over an hour.
  • I've been calling you for over an hour.
  • You know, I've been trying to text you for over an hour.
  • I've been trying to get to you for over an hour.
  • I don't feel like it. I want to take a walk. I've been waiting for you for over half an hour!
  • I waited for over a month, then I started thinking I would never return.
  • Tramell says this subpoena's been chasing you For over a year now.
  • I've known you for over 20 years...
  • We've been chasing you for over two miles.

Alternatives:

  • Your friends waited for you for a long time.
  • Your friends waited for you patiently for an hour.
  • Your friends waited for you for an extended period.
  • Your friends waited for you for quite a while.
  • Your friends waited for you for a considerable amount of time.

Your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that the waiting is still ongoing.

This phrase is used to convey that your friends have been waiting for you continuously for a specific duration up to the present moment.

Examples:

  • Your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour, so you should hurry.
  • I just got a message that your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour.
  • Are your friends waiting for me?
  • Anyway your friends are waiting for you.
  • Your friends are waiting for you.
  • Your friend will be waiting for you.
  • Your friends will be waiting for you on the far side.
  • Just hope your friend isn't waiting for you too.
  • Those are the friends I've been waiting for.
  • There are people, friends waiting for us.
  • I have friends waiting for you on the other side.
  • Your friend the detective is waiting for you to mess up.
  • - Where your friend is waiting.
  • There's a friend waiting for you outside.
  • I must go back to the Club, I've got friends waiting for me there.
  • Tell your friends we'll be waiting for any more that come in looking for trouble.
  • My friend, we have been waiting for you.
  • My friends are waiting for me.
  • Our friends are waiting for us.
  • A more important friend's waiting for you.
  • A friend is waiting for you upstairs.
  • Your lady friend is waiting for you.

Alternatives:

  • Your friends have waited for you for a long time.
  • Your friends have been patiently waiting for you for an hour.
  • Your friends have been waiting for you for an extended period of time.
  • Your friends have been waiting for you for quite a while now.
  • Your friends have been waiting for you for a considerable amount of time.

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