keep somebody waiting

His mother was not a woman to be kept waiting.

One man was not going to be kept waiting, though.

On her first visit the day before she'd been kept waiting for hours.

I kept waiting for something to happen, and nothing ever did.

I kept waiting for my mother to say something, but she never did.

I kept waiting for things to start going wrong again.

I keep waiting for someone to step forward and take the lead.

They will have to keep waiting at least one more week.

They say she didn't like to be kept waiting then, either.

None of these officials were used to being kept waiting, and especially.