I HAVE BEEN WORKING vs I was working with

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have been working' is used to indicate an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or has just been completed. 'I was working with' is used to describe a past action that was happening at a specific point in time in the past.

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I HAVE BEEN WORKING

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or has just been completed.

This phrase is used to talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing or has just been finished. It emphasizes the duration of the action.

Examples:

I have been working on this project for two weeks.
She has been studying English for a year.
They have been living in that house since 2010.

Alternatives:

I have worked
I have been working on
I have been working for
I have been working with
I have been working hard

I was working with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe a past action that was happening at a specific point in time in the past.

This phrase is used to talk about an action that was ongoing at a specific point in the past. It describes an action that was happening when something else occurred.

Examples:

I was working with my team when the client arrived.
She was working with her colleagues on the presentation.
They were working with the new software last week.

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I got involved with someone while I was working with Emmett and Leanne.
And I was working with a new crew. So, I guess I miscalculated.
I was here a couple weeks ago, I told you I was working with Vincent and you were concerned for my safety.
Thanks. So. And this project here, I was working with the great abstract vocalist, Jaap Blonk.
He's a director I was working with.
The people I was working with... they're going a different way now.
I was working with patients who'd undergone severe trauma... to the patella, here in the front of the brain.
He's an arms dealer that the task force was monitoring when I was working with Turner.
I was working with your boy erik lee up there.
One time when I was working with him, he said that Johnny Depp was in The Matrix.
The feds rolled somebody up on Oliver Thomas, the council guy I was working with.
I was working with new methods, better methods of cryonic stabilization.
You know, a gentleman was once watching a presentation I was doing, when I was working with a young pianist.
Since I was working with them, they knew who I was.
I was on call. I was working with the chief trauma surgeon.
I got in a fight with a hunky I was working with on the railroad.
I was working with a very dangerous dog about a year ago.
I was working with a very dangerous dog about a year ago. And this was a dog that put both his owners in hospital, plus the brother-in-law, plus the child.
I was in Ireland during the Troubles, 10 years ago, and I was working with some Catholic and Protestant kids on conflict resolution. And I did this with them - a risky thing to do, because they were street kids.
I was in Ireland during the Troubles, 10 years ago, and I was working with some Catholic and Protestant kids on conflict resolution. And I did this with them -

Alternatives:

I worked with
I was working on
I was working for
I was working hard
I was working in

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