Example sentences of "[to-vb] some work " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 2 | The posts are intended for students who have recently completed a first degree in biology and who wish to acquire some work experience before either continuing their studies or seeking long-term employment . |
| 3 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 4 | He eventually managed to secure some work in the form of a commission from a surgeon with the Dutch East India Company at Mannheim , an amateur flautist , to compose ‘ three short , simple concertos and a couple of quartets for the flute ’ ( 10 December 1777 ) , for which he was to be paid 200 gulden . |
| 5 | I was acutely aware of the urgent need to find some work to do , so I combed the national and local newspapers to see what was on offer . |
| 6 | He had gone to great trouble to ascertain ways in which my knowledge of Italy and especially Libya might be put to use : As I was once again unemployed and earning no money , I needed to obtain some work . |
| 7 | I went to do some work , attempting to photograph some ducks and mergansers that were sheltering from the sun . |
| 8 | You managed to do some work in the preparation of the 1946 Salzburg Festival but there were still complications . |
| 9 | I came in to do some work — I could n't sleep . |
| 10 | The Volunteer Centre tell us : ‘ We are beginning to do some work in this area to change this practice ’ , and our best wishes go out to that august body . |
| 11 | One afternoon a week , I went to do some work at the Child Guidance Clinic , and Mavis looked after Shanti on these days . |
| 12 | They continued to do some work in this area and developed a third expert system for another circuit board in exactly the same way . |
| 13 | Once the actual follow-on treatment begins , however , he will definitely be asked to do some work on his own at home . |
| 14 | One employee was sent to his chief executive 's home to do some work . |
| 15 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 16 | I would also be required to go to Bristol a couple of days later to do some work in the studio and , I assumed , to help with the editing . |
| 17 | In the meantime , to keep you occupied — and to ensure that some part of the considerable sum of money invested in keeping you alive is repaid — we would like you to do some work for us . ’ |
| 18 | Those who like Jenny in our case-study find themselves avoiding conflict at all costs , never facing up to issues , never expressing hurt or anger for fear of what it might release in others , need to do some work on this point . |
| 19 | ‘ I ought to do some work , ’ said Joe , who felt events were causing him to fall behind with his current commission . |
| 20 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 21 | In late August , after the terns had fledged , he went over one evening to do some work on the island , and on the way back in the dusk he disturbed a party of terns which were roosting on the beach , one of which flew into the tractor and was killed . |
| 22 | He even managed to do some work in front of the Greek television cameras , so enabling me to make the Central Television programme ‘ At Home with Costakis in Athens ’ . |
| 23 | So is anybody in immediate problems at the moment or you 're o Okay , so , I 'll , it 's your chance now to do some work then for the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 24 | Er I 've got two I 've just just been two schoolkids who are not doing very well and they the end of term they 've you know the teacher 's said they 're sort of very far behind and they need to do some work during the holidays . |
| 25 | A year or so ago , I went into Cartmel to do some work on the house of that oaf you have just seen . |
| 26 | Because in them days er I , I think most of us had to , had to do some work . |
| 27 | Now one of the things I think we need to do , And I I I put it in there and it 's pa it 's part of my appraisal system , is to do some work on actually entitlements to training . |
| 28 | And while I 'm here , I 'm going to do some work for my book . ’ |
| 29 | If you 're asking a civil engineer to do some work for you i if that civil engineer has a degree does it automatically mean that the work 's going to be perfect and wonderful ? |
| 30 | Having the opportunity to do some work from home is of great assistance providing me with extra flexibility to help balance and organise my professional and domestic commitments . ’ |