Example sentences of "they [was/were] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first real headhunting firms — in the first phase of headhunting — insisted that they were working for the company , not the candidate , and the company was paying the bill . |
| 2 | They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ . |
| 3 | Since on that occasion they were working with the approval of Fredegund they are likely to have been opposed to Brunhild . |
| 4 | When we brought this to Lowe 's attention they said they were working on the problem . |
| 5 | At least they were working on the complex that day , at least the civilian contractors had been able to bribe their private work force to cross the picket lines . |
| 6 | The DIY was given a lower priority from then on but , even when they were working on the house , the mood changed enormously . |
| 7 | They were working through the buildings quickly and , as far as he could tell , efficiently . |
| 8 | The firemen who came to put out the fire had a narrow escape when the roof fell in as they were working inside the building . |
| 9 | They was working in the fields . |