Example sentences of "[pers pn] had been working [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had been working properly and systematically I should have gone back and looked at this — ; and other receptors — in detail in IMHV . |
| 2 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 3 | She resisted adding that she had been working overtime on his designs . |
| 4 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 5 | One day , after we had been working together all afternoon without much success , Dana without warning lay back on the bed , his head on the pillow . |
| 6 | ‘ We had been working together with the county council for some months and the failure of this appeal was extremely disappointing . |
| 7 | If they had been working logically , they would have built the new on to the old stopping here . |
| 8 | They had been working together , and she had asked about the following day . |
| 9 | Now there is nothing to prevent plural continuation here ( e.g. They had been working hard for hours ) , but the incidence of such continuations was less than 5% , and continuations mostly were confined to singular references with individuals being in relatively stereotypical roles with respect to each other . |
| 10 | A spokesman for the county council said : ‘ Before that unfortunate incident it had been working very successfully for several hours . |
| 11 | ‘ He had been working well with Pat 's Jester at home and both have been going extremely well . ’ |
| 12 | Previously he had been working as Senior Designer with Firth Carpets with whom he had gained eleven years experience . |
| 13 | He realized that he was tired and that he had been working too long , word upon word , hour after hour , mostly in a poor light , always in bitter cold . |