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In fact, she "had been slaving over it for three years".

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2013

Now, here was this man actually turning a poor lad adrift without a copper, after he had been slaving aboard his ship for more than four mortal months.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman

Though limping a good deal, he had been able to be up and around for a month before the exams and he had been slaving like a forty-mule team.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

He had been slaving over the problem with the sacrificial zeal that characterizes all keen chemists.

From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan

I had been slaving at canteen work all day"—she turned to Mrs. Friend—"and doing chauffeur by night—you know—fetching wounded soldiers from railway stations.

From Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.