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

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1 It was the prose at which I had been working all morning .
2 I 've been working all night and I 'm worn out . ’
3 I 've been working all night to get our ricks covered .
4 I 've been working this way for 18 months now and I 'm really happy with how it 's going .
5 As she flicked over memories of the day — embracing in the cold silken water , under that mysterious layer of white mist which cut off the sky above yet gave clear vision to the other side , a quarter of a mile away — the sense of wicked escape , as they laughed together in the empty lunch-time pub … she decided that she would tell her mother she 'd been working both Sundays .
6 She had been working full time in a local factory for the past 8 years and usually enjoyed good relationships with her friends .
7 That was below the belt , but instead of stopping there while she was still in one piece , she drove on in a high , hectoring voice , ‘ Do n't you think your daughter deserves a little rest instead of going home to slave for you after she 's been working all week ? ’
8 That 's why the windows of the houses are so small — so that they do n't have to see where they 've been working all day long .
9 He 's mending car , he 's been working all day and now he 's mending car
10 Yeah , he 's been working all day Paul
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