Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] working for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 2 | It was good to know that all her veterinary training had come to her aid in spite of the fact that she had been working for two years with small animals only . |
| 3 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 4 | If he had been working for three days and three nights then it was in the suit he was wearing now , and his shoes had mud on them , and Erlich did n't think Ruane would be impressed . |
| 5 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 6 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |