Example sentences of "[was/were] working [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 1 January 1785 , Gilbert White noted that moles were working despite the considerable depth of snow on the ground . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A useful exchange of views always takes place and engenders an excellent team spirit , which proved its worth with the campaign for increased subscriptions when we all felt we were working towards the same goal and had a common purpose . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | just under one in five CASE students in employment were working for the employing organisation associated with their CASE award ; |
| 6 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |
| 7 | The men were working on the hard shoulder installing cables for emergency telephones when the lorry jacknifed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The pressure to do work against 'cos they knew that Germany were working on the same lines , did n't they , the enormous pressure to get there first . |
| 10 | At any one time five were working in the Criminal Division and in the Queen 's Bench Divisional Court . |
| 11 | Two years to the day after the killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's massage parlour . |
| 12 | Two years to the day after the brutal killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's Massage parlour . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 15 | Within a year he had moved to a more creative agency and four years later was working at the then most creative agency in London . |
| 16 | She was working at the old people 's home , just up the road — ’ |
| 17 | Smith was working at the High Commission in India when he met and married his wife , Isa , who survives him . |
| 18 | I was working at the Open University as Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of student affairs . |
| 19 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |
| 20 | Gail , 41 , who met Ian when she was working at the American Hospital in Beirut , grew up nearby . |
| 21 | Here was silly old me thinking I was working FOR the fantastic IPC . |
| 22 | ‘ If he was working for the Private Office in South London on the afternoon in question I should be very surprised indeed . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ At the time , young Steven was working for the Inland Revenue near Strangeways Prison . |
| 24 | At the time Barnard was working for the National Computing Centre , a quasi-governmental organisation in Manchester . |
| 25 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 26 | Even while he was working on the first draft of the poem , he was writing to Martin Browne about all the engagements ahead . |
| 27 | The Dictionary had reached its sixth edition and Miller was working on the seventh , revising it to incorporate the Linnaean system of classification . |
| 28 | Stripped film from the security camera that videos customers in the Praed Street shop , Took away the staff roster , which reveals who was working on the crucial day , Removed the shop 's till rolls , Attempted to pursuade the female member of staff to forget Mr Onanuga told her he served Mr Lamont on the Monday , and Refused to allow the woman to keep a copy of her signed statement because , it said , it could be handed to a newspaper . |
| 29 | She was working on the two o'clock to ten o'clock shift at the factory and on the Tuesday morning was up early to do some ironing , then she began to prepare the midday meal for herself and her mother and father , and Aunt Carrie who was visiting them . |
| 30 | Now then , , being that was working on the other side , took all the trees on the main drive do you see , and he bought them and cleared them . |