Example sentences of "i [vb base] been working [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
| 2 | I 've been working on her image for some time now . |
| 3 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 4 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
| 5 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
| 6 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 7 | I knew those had been painted over ten years before , I said to him , ‘ Is this an old painting or a new painting ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , I 've been working on it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been working on this for a couple of weeks now . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been working on the unionization of women in Kampur for several years now , ’ she said . |
| 10 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 11 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 12 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been working on a report and I 've only just realised how late it is . |
| 14 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
| 15 | er , then , so that 's at least , well in fact that 's more than sufficient , I should get paid more than six hours because I 've been working on the students , on the disabled games all day Friday |
| 16 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 17 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 18 | She said : ‘ All that has held us together for years is that I 've been working for you . |
| 19 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 20 | I 've been working for Radio Skerne for about six years now . |
| 21 | you know , he 's that sort of bloke , he 's a very nice bloke and he 's got a heart of gold and he 's saved us no end of the money ai n't he , since I 've been working for him ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been working through all the Peter Carsons in the London directory . |
| 23 | Ranjan Gohin , 36 , summed up the mood saying : ‘ I 've been working at John Lewis for 14 years and I do n't think this will put me off . |
| 24 | I did n't see it , I 've been working at the office . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been working at the restaurant for three years and I like it there . |
| 26 | I 've been working with you for weeks . |
| 27 | I 've been working with him since ‘ Expecting To Fly ’ in 1968 . ’ |
| 28 | Carmen Callil said : ‘ I 've been working with Frances Coady since 1986 , when she joined Jonathan Cape , and one of the greatest pleasures of my working life has been to observe the publishing genius she has brought to beat on the creation of Vintage . |
| 29 | I 've been working with the deaf-aid for over a week , for God 's sake , and I realised how much I rely on it . |
| 30 | What I want to cover now is a type of network that we study a lot in the computer architecture group and I 've been working with for years and years and years erm called the N tuple network . |