Then she looked at the task ahead of her and set to work.
The two looked like they'd be at their task a long time.
He looked up first, then down at his task again.
We had been at our task longer than I thought.
The real woman never seemed to be there at the task, but as if left out, waiting.
But he had put other people at the task in the meanwhile.
But I wasn't the first person thrown at the task.
For about five minutes the Someone worked away at his task in the darkness.
More people were running north than stayed at their tasks.
Working without rest, the two worked at their apparently impossible task.