Example sentences of "[was/were] working in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any one time five were working in the Criminal Division and in the Queen 's Bench Divisional Court . |
| 2 | The Industrial Revolution , which created a vast demand for urban housing , made Welsh slate an almost universal roofing material , and by the middle of the nineteenth century some 16,000 men were working in the quarries , producing roofing slates called ‘ duchesses ’ and ‘ countesses ’ , among other titled ladies , according to their size . |
| 3 | Those whose husbands were working in the area in reserved occupations were fortunate indeed . |
| 4 | It had been a warm autumnal day in early October and she , Alex and her father were working in the garden . |
| 5 | Hollywood hoped that it would use immigrant directors for its own purposes but whatever the frustrations experienced by these foreigners the mere fact that they were working in the American film industry is a reminder that Hollywood was never as monolithic and stereotyped as its critics implied . |
| 6 | Their influence is apparent in the work of the anthropologists who were working in the period between the two world wars . |
| 7 | Of the estimated 1,500 journeymen and 1,200 apprentices working as printers ( pressmen and compositors combined ) in Scotland in the 1850s , rather more than half were working in the book and jobbing section of the trade , the rest in newspaper offices . " |
| 8 | So you can , so you got a promotion and you were working in the Navy when you came |
| 9 | Indeed these figures made even sorrier reading for the Conservatives when one realised that demographic shifts were working in the Government 's favour . |
| 10 | The two ADF receivers were working in the ADF mode at the time of the crash , though the No 1 unit may have been subject to intermittent electrical interruptions due to poorly soldered joints . |
| 11 | In Aspdin 's day cement manufacture was undergoing relatively rapid development and many experimenters were working in the field . |
| 12 | On this occasion , however , 12 members of staff were working in the Bury Street Office in preparation for the merger with the Great Tower Street Grouping . |
| 13 | Plainly , there is therefore an absolute necessity of early identification of all witnesses upon whom one might rely , even if at that stage statements are not taken from them , thus for example , it would be good practice to identify all those persons who witnessed the accident , who were working in the vicinity of the pursuer at the time of the accident , together with those who have a supervisory function , such as Foreman , Supervisors and Shift Managers . |
| 14 | Oh and they were working in the there where that job centre is now it was a big pub . |
| 15 | Two years to the day after the killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's massage parlour . |
| 16 | Two years to the day after the brutal killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's Massage parlour . |
| 17 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 18 | Was it very hot if you were working in the ovens there ? |
| 19 | Local radio sports editor , Tony Delahunty , microphone in hand , was working in the commentary box , which was located in the main stand , offering live reports to regional stations , servicing the needs of local radio . |
| 20 | The rig was working in the ‘ V ’ Field complex of gas fields opened in September 1988 . |
| 21 | The Save the Children Fund , which was working in the camps , made a report which exposed the scandal of the Ethiopian camps . |
| 22 | They was working in the fields . |
| 23 | ‘ I was working in the BBC pensions department and had short-lived aspirations of getting into TV . |
| 24 | He added that the children 's father was working in the United States . |
| 25 | One lady who was working in the Smithy and had recently been directed to Wolverton , kept pestering him for one , and at times was quite verbal about it . |
| 26 | Another print maker of the time , Bellers , referred to by Green sometimes as ‘ Beller ’ was working in the area at the time . |
| 27 | ‘ I was working in the shop one day in 1979 when Ted Perry came in and announced ‘ I 'm starting a new label ’ . |
| 28 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |
| 29 | Trevor was working in the States at the time of this interview . |
| 30 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |