Sentence examples for had worked long from inspiring English sources

They had worked long and hard at coming up with it.

Since being expelled from college and while on bail, Mudd had worked long hours for low pay as a kitchen porter, the court heard.

He had given up seven hits and a walk, and the Indians had worked long at-bats to drive his pitch count to 92.

A few years earlier, someone had hijacked his father's identity, opening credit lines and running up charges that his father had worked long and hard to untangle.

Mr. Martinez's recent denial of a driver's license caused him to lose a job he had worked long and hard to get.

My mother had worked long shifts in a fertilizer company to send me to college, to help me escape my past.

Here he is in his office at midnight, having worked long past dinnertime.

We have worked long and hard to create the railroad system that we have today.

"Obviously, Governor Bush has worked long and hard at gaining the support of the New York G.O.P".

"We've worked long and hard to put the joy back in 'Joy,' " he writes.

The Museum of Arts and Design has worked long and hard to secure a new home.