Examples:

• I knew you had a complicated con in the works.
• But this transfer has been in the works for a while now.
• There's a large space for a project in the works.
• This has been in the works for at least a year.
• There are things in the works I can't discuss.
• All this happened before you'd even started in the works.
• This has been in the works for just over 30 years.
• Workers are putting the finishing touches in the works.
• Our ego is prolonged in the works we do.
• You knew all along a raid was in the works.