Example sentences of "workers [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depute-fiscal , Ron Phillips , said three of the estate workers had been at risk as they demolished a grain store , working on unsecured planks stretched across the top of 20ft deep bins . |
| 2 | Only 17 per cent of the older workers had been with the company for less than ten years ( only 5 per cent for less than five years ) , while 68 per cent had twenty years or more service . |
| 3 | If workers had been in the vicinity , they would have received high doses of radiation . |
| 4 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 5 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |