Example sentences of "were [adv] working [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other . |
| 2 | The second will consider the work being done to mobilize the concern and commitment of individuals working in all aspects of health care to ensure that they were genuinely working for the health of the people . |
| 3 | Grand Met was going directly to the new format , but analysts were still working on the old style p&l accounts . |
| 4 | The result was that other departments er particularly the fitters for example er who were still working on the old scheme , wanted to , they then wanted to come onto the scheme . |
| 5 | Indeed when I arrived many of the ‘ former ’ secretaries were still working for the company . |
| 6 | As for the earliest date of birth , it is theoretically possible that it could be 1855 , since the first recruits to the trade , some of whom were still working in the 1900s , were aged 18 in 1873 . |
| 7 | And you were still working in the butchers ' at this time ? |
| 8 | You could 've made it work if the peasants if the peasants were revolutionary , if the peasants had changed their value system and were n't and that there were very few who were still working within the economy . |
| 9 | In Britain there remained many common ties between Communists and Labour Party members and many Communists were still working within the trade unions . |
| 10 | Glaziers and contract cleaners were also working over the weekend to limit the disruption to tens of thousands of workers returning to their offices today . |
| 11 | A spokesman told The Northern Echo yesterday some local education authority staff were also working for the Dyslexia Institute and there was no indication the needs of dyslexic youngsters were not being met . |
| 12 | He had been stripped and measured , and two tailors were now working on the clothes . |
| 13 | Erm how many staff were there working in the house in Llaneilian ? |
| 14 | Although Israel had to obey the laws in blind trust ( when they chose to do so at all ) , we can see how those laws were actually working for the nation 's health and wellbeing . |