Example sentences of "they [was/were] work [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it can not be proved , there is a strong likelihood that they were working at the old Tilberthwaite Mine in the early part of the next century … someone was , as we shall see late . |
| 2 | They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ . |
| 3 | The first real headhunting firms — in the first phase of headhunting — insisted that they were working for the company , not the candidate , and the company was paying the bill . |
| 4 | Since on that occasion they were working with the approval of Fredegund they are likely to have been opposed to Brunhild . |
| 5 | When we brought this to Lowe 's attention they said they were working on the problem . |
| 6 | At least they were working on the complex that day , at least the civilian contractors had been able to bribe their private work force to cross the picket lines . |
| 7 | The DIY was given a lower priority from then on but , even when they were working on the house , the mood changed enormously . |
| 8 | they 'd gone past the , they were working outside the you know where , as you go |
| 9 | They were working through the buildings quickly and , as far as he could tell , efficiently . |
| 10 | The firemen who came to put out the fire had a narrow escape when the roof fell in as they were working inside the building . |
| 11 | Hollywood hoped that it would use immigrant directors for its own purposes but whatever the frustrations experienced by these foreigners the mere fact that they were working in the American film industry is a reminder that Hollywood was never as monolithic and stereotyped as its critics implied . |
| 12 | Oh and they were working in the there where that job centre is now it was a big pub . |
| 13 | They was working in the fields . |