Example sentences of "be work long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the house officers were working long hours without proper medical supervision . |
| 2 | Alright , I mean she 's working long and hard and er |
| 3 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 4 | He went on : ‘ They are normally engaged in planning non-emergency journeys but since there have not been any it was felt that they have just been sitting around socialising when others are working long hours . |
| 5 | She says : ‘ They are absolutely ripe for exploitation and are working long hours for paltry wages . ’ |
| 6 | Philip was working long hours for Charles ( now Lord ) Forte and was so tired one night that he slept through the air raid warning and the attempts of his landlady to rouse him . |
| 7 | The whole performance was an almost total waste of time , and was accompanied by a belief that it was necessary to demonstrate that one was working long hours in the evenings , and preferably all weekends as well . |
| 8 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |