Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [adj] work [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
| 2 | They have been able to work on problems not in order to satisfy an authoritative teacher , but because the problems are intrinsically interesting and challenging . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a tribute to the French people here that they have been able to work with customers and develop such confidence in Grimsby 's service . |
| 4 | They have been able to work in government service , even in the army , and there has been no need for work permits . |
| 5 | Since then he has been busy working on a medical book about brain tumours in a bid to increase public awareness and raise vital funds for research . |
| 6 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |