Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been working [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 2 | It was a planned pregnancy , and she 'd been working hard at getting her blood sugar under control , but that often ca n't be done overnight . ’ |
| 3 | Course she 'd been working hard well er not working hard you know just in the cleaning like that . |
| 4 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 5 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |
| 6 | He 'd been working too hard to spend time with women , and the courting of his wife had been very proper and unexciting . |
| 7 | He 'd been working too hard in college , and even harder since he 'd been running the farm . |
| 8 | He 'd been working hard lately . |