Example sentences of "have [be] working [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maintenance staff has been working 18-hour shifts to bring the hospital into full operation . |
| 2 | He 'd been working one of the axle springs free on an old Cortina when the jack had given way . |
| 3 | As she flicked over memories of the day — embracing in the cold silken water , under that mysterious layer of white mist which cut off the sky above yet gave clear vision to the other side , a quarter of a mile away — the sense of wicked escape , as they laughed together in the empty lunch-time pub … she decided that she would tell her mother she 'd been working both Sundays . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In a recent South African trial resulting from a rail accident , the drivers concerned denied responsibility on the grounds that they had been working compulsory 18-hour shifts . |
| 6 | They had been working all the evening , sewing Rosie 's wedding-dress , and it would be terribly unlucky if the bridegroom set eyes on it before the great day . |
| 7 | It was the prose at which I had been working all morning . |
| 8 | She had been working full time in a local factory for the past 8 years and usually enjoyed good relationships with her friends . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been working all night and I 'm worn out . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been working all night to get our ricks covered . |
| 11 | That 's why the windows of the houses are so small — so that they do n't have to see where they 've been working all day long . |
| 12 | I have n't exercise like cos I have n't I have n't hardly I 've just er doing everything like , and I 've been working hard but |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been working this way for 18 months now and I 'm really happy with how it 's going . |
| 14 | Maintenance crews have been working 18-hour shifts to repair the damage . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Throughout the 1980s more people have been working each year in Darlington . |
| 16 | That was below the belt , but instead of stopping there while she was still in one piece , she drove on in a high , hectoring voice , ‘ Do n't you think your daughter deserves a little rest instead of going home to slave for you after she 's been working all week ? ’ |
| 17 | He 's mending car , he 's been working all day and now he 's mending car |
| 18 | Yeah , he 's been working all day Paul |
| 19 | He 's er , he 's been working all that time and he 's been getting two fifty . |