Example sentences of "[noun] have been working [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’
2 Stitch had been working hard , Rose granted him that .
3 Following his death reports emerged that Falcone had been working closely with Judge Antonio di Pietro on the investigations into corruption in Milan 's local government [ see below ] .
4 I happen to understand mister advertising client that er you and the estate agent have been working very well together .
5 Computers have been working overtime at corporate headquarters since last Tuesday 's announcement in an attempt to assess the impact on individual project and company cash flow .
6 If it were found that more accidents occurred in the winter months between 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening compared with noon and 2 o'clock , is this because , during the early evening , lighting is worse , there is more traffic , drivers have been working longer and are more tired , or weather conditions are worse ?
7 Steve and his dad Bob have been working overtime on their car … they 've built it themselves …
8 ASH has been working closely with all the other organisations in the tobacco control field .
9 AEA has been working closely with the air transport industry throughout Europe and the US to develop rapid , reliable and cost effective inspection methods to ensure the continued airworthiness of commercial and military aircraft .
10 HCIMA has been working closely with ARA Services to see how the standard can apply to catering and John Sharpe FHCIMA , the company 's quality development director , admits that contract caterers , unburdened by the extra difficulties caused by owning premises , are perhaps better suited to the concept than other sectors and will increasingly be asked in tender documents about their approach to BS7750 and its quality assurance forerunner 5750 .
11 ‘ The county council has been working there recently , putting up fencing all along it because it 's soon to be opened up as official footpath on a new part of the Teesdale Way , ’ said Mrs Brown .
12 This year the Treasury rumour mill has been working overtime .
13 Mr Shah 's fax machine has been working overtime .
14 He told me this morning that he thought the boy had been working too hard . ’
15 Meanwhile sister-in-law Kim had been working hard too and in 12 months she lost 5st ( 32kg ) , plus 12½ins ( 32cm ) from her bust , 11 ins ( 28 cm ) from her waist , 14ins ( 36cm ) from her hips and 10½ins ( 26cm ) from each thigh !
16 Over recent months Cambridgeshire County Council have been working closely with CIBA-GEIGY Plastics , Duxford to produce an Off-Site Emergency Plan for the Duxford Works .
17 In Newcastle a mental health consumer group has been working closely with purchasers over the past two years .
18 Since its formation two years ago ICI 's plastics environmental affairs group has been working closely with recoup and reprise .
19 William Day had been working late at a nearby farm .
20 It was a week after the hurricane , and Stephen had been working non-stop , salvaging coral-stone and tiles from the debris .
21 Professor Vo Quy ( profile , page 830 ) and Elizabeth Kemf have been working together to publicise the plight of Vietnam the country since Kemf , an American , made her first visit there in 1985 .
22 He must not imply that the Conservative group have been working actively hard and long and finding sites .
23 It is important to note that most campaigners have been working quietly in communities for years but despite this , attitudes on genital mutilation have not changed very much .
24 Could it be ( and perhaps this more likely ! ) that machines have been working non-stop all summer , spring and last winter ?
25 More important is the fact that nobody can really tell whether Germany has a successful economy because of its voting system ( though , between you and me , this seems as unlikely as a cart pulling a horse ) or whether it seems to have satisfactory constitutional arrangements because its economy has been working so well for so long .
26 But often you notice that one woman has been working extremely hard with some degree of success in showing the results of her hard labour .
27 Mr Brumhill had been working late at the shop on Wellingborough Road , something he often did .
28 Mr Brumhill had been working late at the shop on Wellingborough Road , something he often did .
29 Lawrie and McAllister have been working hard to strengthen their games , and the Aberdonian has struggled in early events this season , failing in four tournaments to get beyond the halfway cut .
30 More excitement surrounding Proteus International Plc , the computer-aided molecular modelling and drug design specialist : it is setting up a 50-50 joint venture with University College Dublin for animal health care products : Bioprobe Ltd will be capable of rapid production of diagnostics , vaccines and therapeutic drugs for use by vets — the university and Proteus have been working together on tuberculosis and spongiform encephalopathies — mad cow disease and scrapie , for 12 months , and the aim is for Bioprobe to produce commercially exploitable products within 18 to 24 months .
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