Examples of 'had been working' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been working"

Had been working: Referring to a past continuous action or state that took place before another specified event or time in the past. This phrase conveys the idea that the person mentioned was actively engaged in work or an activity at a specific point in the past, up until the described event or time occurred

How to use "had been working" in a sentence

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had been working
Norway had been working to catalyse additional support.
The crew was newand had been working a lot.
He had been working very hard on a new book.
The two of you had been working together.
I had been working hard for the exams.
Prior to being arrested he had been working on a fishing boat.
She had been working for some time.
It was like someone had been working him over.
He had been working at the airport post office.
These twelve fellows had been working together.
He had been working as a construction laborer without papers.
The two deputies had been working undercover.
I had been working for the very people.
His dirtstreaked arms showed he had been working.
Righton had been working as a teacher at the time.

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She said that she had been working.
I had been working hard for a long time.
We went back to areas where we had been working before.
Prokopich had been working day and night.
Because it was with us she had been working.
Hamilton dynamics had been working on a coil accelerator.
Had been working on a sequel for years.
He also said he had been working on new material.
He also showed us a perpetual motion machine he had been working on.
We had been working on this deal for a year.
Mother thought daddy had been working too hard.
We had been working for like five years.
Nine other countries had been working on the process.
We had been working on this project together.
A documentary on which she had been working was never aired.
He had been working all day and came in.
The crew was new and had been working a lot.
Richard had been working on it for thirteen years.
He replied that he had been working there.
He had been working in the field of counterterrorism.
It was a rigger who had been working on the very top.
He had been working on the papers he had fallen on.
Prior to his death he had been working as a personal trainer.
I had been working full time as well as teaching.
He was a man who had been working for me.
They had been working on that since he arrived.
This is everything he had been working for.
Damian had been working hard this day.
But if the light had been working.
Though we had been working under that assumption.
He was sleeping on the sofa because he had been working so hard.
The man had been working so hard lately.
This was a woman who had been working.
There had been working class novels before.
Some people from the community had been working on it.

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