Example sentences of "[was/were] working [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
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 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 .
4 Two years to the day after the killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's massage parlour .
5 Two years to the day after the brutal killing , three women were working in the former Pinky 's Massage parlour .
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