Example sentences of "he had been working for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 2 | Of course he had been working for Hut 6 from the day of his arrival at Bletchley and his duties soon became important . |
| 3 | The case of Kenneth Littlejohn had been prominent in the news during the year and they had the impression that he had been working for the Home Office . |
| 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 | ‘ Nutrition , ’ John said , after he had been working for a short time . |
| 6 | He had been working for the Cyrenians at an annex to the Simon House Hostel for the Homeless in Rectory Road Oxford . |