Example sentences of "have been working [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’ |
| 2 | In Newcastle a mental health consumer group has been working closely with purchasers over the past two years . |
| 3 | He looks wonderful ; prison has fattened him and his cheeks are pink and shiny , as though he has been working out of doors . |
| 4 | Maeve sat crouched over a table using a pool of light from a huge candelabra to stab furiously with her needle at a piece of embroidery she had been working on for years . |
| 5 | Now there is nothing to prevent plural continuation here ( e.g. They had been working hard for hours ) , but the incidence of such continuations was less than 5% , and continuations mostly were confined to singular references with individuals being in relatively stereotypical roles with respect to each other . |
| 6 | I 've been working mainly on girls ' education really from about eighteen ninety to about nineteen thirty and that 's what has mainly occupied me research wise . |
| 7 | It contains the first detailed plans for the Himalayas , which all the big names in the business have been working on for years . |
| 8 | They have been working successfully for years and apparently preclude the necessity of fertilisers . |
| 9 | It is important to note that most campaigners have been working quietly in communities for years but despite this , attitudes on genital mutilation have not changed very much . |
| 10 | After all , he 's been working here for centuries , and I bet no one 's ever heard him say ‘ Cut , that 's a wrap ’ , before . ’ |