Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been working [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
2 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
3 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
4 | Mind you in between that I 'd been working on the fa farm farm . |
5 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
6 | ‘ I 'd been working on that right during training it was more of a natural reaction . ’ |
7 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
8 | And the players I 'd been working with previously went along with me , from using my modified equipment to using my custom-built equipment . |
9 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
10 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
11 | I had been working as a dai ( midwife ) for the Government since 1974 , but I resigned when they stopped paying my salary and only paid me if I brought in patients to be sterilized . |
12 | ‘ Before the student demonstrations I had been working with a group of Latin American intellectuals in Paris , helping bring out a magazine . |
13 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |
14 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
15 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
16 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
17 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
18 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
19 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
20 | It was a standing pose and I had been working at my canvas for a week , my problems were not nearly solved , and the painting still excited me . |
21 | ‘ For the last four summers I had been working at Appel Farm Arts and Music Centre in New Jersey as head of music , ’ Ken explained . |
22 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
23 | I 've been working on her image for some time now . |
24 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
25 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
26 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
27 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
28 | I knew those had been painted over ten years before , I said to him , ‘ Is this an old painting or a new painting ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , I 've been working on it . ’ |
29 | ‘ I 've been working on this for a couple of weeks now . |
30 | ‘ I 've been working on the unionization of women in Kampur for several years now , ’ she said . |