In the following Bible search "they" is not highlighted in Results:-
they BEFORE in BEFORE 1 WORD (him, whom)
"they" is highlighted in:-
they AND in BEFORE 1 WORDS (him, whom)
Also, "they" is not aligned in Aligned view.
(Bug exists in 4.1 as well)
I get a few results with "they" highlighted with that syntax when searching Bibles that include the King James Version.
If I change the syntax to (they BEFORE in) in BEFORE 1 WORD (him, whom), there are a number of hits throughout all the Bibles. That may not produce the exact result you're looking for, either, but you might try adjusting the syntax similarly to get the result you want.
That's not the point. Consider the following two searches:-
The first search shows that "work" is not highlighted in Results and also not counted!
What I'm wondering though is whether that search syntax is correct, which is why I suggested adjusting it as I had. I'll run this past development.
Update: I'm told the problem with the missing highlighting is a known bug where the query 'x BEFORE y BEFORE z' doesn't highlight 'x'.