Example sentences of "i have [be] working [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 2 | I had been working as a dai ( midwife ) for the Government since 1974 , but I resigned when they stopped paying my salary and only paid me if I brought in patients to be sterilized . |
| 3 | ‘ Before the student demonstrations I had been working with a group of Latin American intellectuals in Paris , helping bring out a magazine . |
| 4 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 5 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been working on a report and I 've only just realised how late it is . |
| 7 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been working in a hotel since I left school — up until the flood that was . |
| 9 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
| 10 | For more weeks than I care to remember I have been working on a Panorama programme designed to look at the future of the Tory Party , even beyond Thatcherism . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 12 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |