Example sentences of "[noun pl] were working [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1975 , the CDC recommended deep landfills , but local officials were working under the mistaken assumption that dioxin 's half-life — its staying power in the environment — was only one year . |
| 2 | Dad 's family were living at Charlton-All-Saints between Salisbury and Downton in the mid eighteen-nineties and , as was the custom , not only grandfather but also his two elder sons were working on the same farm . |
| 3 | On 1 January 1785 , Gilbert White noted that moles were working despite the considerable depth of snow on the ground . |
| 4 | The men were working on the hard shoulder installing cables for emergency telephones when the lorry jacknifed . |
| 5 | Two years to the day after the killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's massage parlour . |
| 6 | Two years to the day after the brutal killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's Massage parlour . |