Example sentences of "i have be working " in BNC.
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1 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
2 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
3 | And the players I 'd been working with previously went along with me , from using my modified equipment to using my custom-built equipment . |
4 | I 'd been working since early morn , |
5 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
6 | Mind you in between that I 'd been working on the fa farm farm . |
7 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
8 | But I 'd been working nights to live on . |
9 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
10 | Well he er he asked where I 'd been working and what could I do and and I was young then aye . |
11 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
12 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
13 | I 'd been working flat out . |
14 | ‘ I 'd been working on that right during training it was more of a natural reaction . ’ |
15 | ‘ The one against Ruddock was more natural , more instinctive , something I 'd been working on . |
16 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
17 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
18 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |
19 | There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and if I had been working , I would have told him to buckle down — which would have done no good at all . |
20 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
21 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
22 | It was a standing pose and I had been working at my canvas for a week , my problems were not nearly solved , and the painting still excited me . |
23 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
24 | It fitted in with what I had been working out already . |
25 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
26 | If I had been working properly and systematically I should have gone back and looked at this — ; and other receptors — in detail in IMHV . |
27 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
28 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
29 | ‘ Before the student demonstrations I had been working with a group of Latin American intellectuals in Paris , helping bring out a magazine . |
30 | 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 . |