Example sentences of "[noun] had been working [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mind had been working on ideas for an operation against Pearl Harbor and when the United States Pacific fleet sailed to Hawaii on April 2 , 1940 for manoeuvres Yamamoto followed their progress closely . |
| 2 | The murder had been ordered by Hendrique , for whom Kyle had been working during the last five years . |
| 3 | Dustin had been working at his antique desk all morning on contact sheets of his wedding pictures , taken almost a year before , trying to pick out the ones to develop . |
| 4 | But she said Lilian had been working at the old people 's home just down the road . |
| 5 | In 1911 Wren had been working in India for less than eight years . |
| 6 | Apparently Mr. Dolman had been working at The Albion Hotel , fell from a very tall ladder and was killed . |
| 7 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 8 | Eva had been working as his second for a number of years . |
| 9 | The usher explained that Eva had been working in Africa and was now principal of an international college . |
| 10 | Throughout his life several elements had been working within him : a deep knowledge and appreciation of the countryside , a sharp mind and a willingness to learn . |
| 11 | Hal and Joy had been working at Applecross Cafe for over 10 years . |
| 12 | A man in a dark suit across the aisle had been working on business papers since New York . |
| 13 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 14 | Roy had been working for him since three weeks after his wedding , and he hated it . |
| 15 | Both accounts demonstrate that , until Stanislav Ulam 's observation that X-rays could be used to propagate an instant fusion reaction , Teller had been working on a fundamentally impractical design . |
| 16 | Lucy Lane had been working in his team for three years but he felt that he knew her only a little better than he had done after her first month . |
| 17 | She was convinced now that her husband had been working on a book about The Hell Fire Club and … |
| 18 | Mr Eaton and colleague Ron Siddle had been working on sea fasteners , fixed to the barge to stop the module moving . |
| 19 | Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated . |
| 20 | Long before Sartre developed his own form of Marxist-Hegelian history , Bachelard had been working in a critical relation to Hegelian historicism . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Liddell had been working as a field missionary in war-torn Siaochang . |
| 22 | Eastern Creek was n't scorching hot and yet Kenny Roberts revealed the Dunlops had been working at their best in the blazing heat of qualifying . |
| 23 | Dr Kelleher had been working in close cooperation with Dr Laurent and there had been long consultations in the Pathology Lab . |
| 24 | His father had been working on the farm and he had been sitting at the door of the hut . |
| 25 | She was a close friend of the Duchess of Portland and , when staying with her at Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire , December 1753 , reported that Philip Miller had been working in the library and , On another occasion when they met , she commented on his reticence . |
| 26 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 27 | Though it did not appear until relatively late in his life , Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Mr Wilson said that police forces had been working with inadequate law for years and that the drafted change would , it was hoped , improve the situation . |
| 30 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |