Example sentences of "man have been working " in BNC.

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1 At the other extreme of the street , Mr Patel was able to confirm that a man had been working the previous day , and that morning , on the Ford Capri that was still there , still with the bonnet raised , still with a plastic bag on the battery .
2 Erm and we 're talking about half a thousandth of an inch , and for that you know , the man , but when I investigated the case , the man had been working on these things for about three or four weeks .
3 He was lowered down the main shaft and once underground tried to make his way to the area in which the missing men had been working or to any passageway in which they could have sought refuge .
4 Groups of men had been working ceaselessly since the battle to tear them down and salvage what they could of their contents .
5 About 700 men had been working at three pit levels up to 560 metres below the ground , over a 2 sq km area .
6 The men had been working on 415 volt switchgear at Caldervale High School .
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