Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been working [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The murder had been ordered by Hendrique , for whom Kyle had been working during the last five years . |
| 2 | But she said Lilian had been working at the old people 's home just down the road . |
| 3 | Apparently Mr. Dolman had been working at The Albion Hotel , fell from a very tall ladder and was killed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Long before Sartre developed his own form of Marxist-Hegelian history , Bachelard had been working in a critical relation to Hegelian historicism . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Liddell had been working as a field missionary in war-torn Siaochang . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Though it did not appear until relatively late in his life , Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660 . |
| 9 | Mr Mowatt and Mr Pirrie had been working through the user directories , archiving files for retention , and deleting others as advised by users . |
| 10 | Before he answered it she slipped in a question about the length of time Shildon had been working on the assignment . |
| 11 | By chance Rose had spoken to the right person as Taylor had been working with a hydrogen diffusion cloud chamber which is potentially well suited for such a task . |
| 12 | Suzannah Reddan had been working at a pub in north-west London for six months when she disappeared in March 1988 . |