Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
| 2 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
| 3 | " I 'd work on the assumption that he was n't put in before high water , " Sergeant Burgess said . |
| 4 | K. M. When I used to work on the dockside , it was a hive of activity , all the horses and the steam-engines parked along the street . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to work for the bugger — you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was sixty years ago since I left this place , I used to work for the blacksmith . ’ |
| 7 | When I was a postulant , or aspirant young novice , I used to work in the laundry . |
| 8 | And in in the circumstances I 'm talking about where I would work on the side , then it 's always gon na be erm turning to the quickest resort , rather than the last resort you know . |
| 9 | If elected I would work within the council to eliminate the waste and extravagance that makes the current level of local taxation , in whatever form , an unacceptable burden on local residents . |
| 10 | Enforcing rules when caught between opposing public constituencies causes difficulties for agencies which must work within the framework of an ostensibly activist legal mandate . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ? |
| 12 | The German authorities want , in certain sensitive sectors such as defence and electronics , to retain a final sanction over mergers , which would work against the spirit of a single Euromerger policy . |
| 13 | In the US , ANSI has formed X3J19 Xbase , a new technical committee which will work on the advancement of the Xbase application development language originally derived from a mainframe-based package at the Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena , California . |
| 14 | This done , you should work around the area you guess to be the confines of the warren system . |
| 15 | He 'd been helping his wife to , she must work for the council and he 'd been helping her and he said er the matron at Comfort House had asked and he , and he 'd noticed Jim 's name on when he delivered ours so he knew where they could , he 'd take them . |
| 16 | And usually you 'll work with the angle that you 've been given rather |
| 17 | According to the family he rarely used it except on Sundays when he spent the afternoon and evening with an old chap who used to work for the firm and now lives in sheltered accommodation at Carbis Bay . |
| 18 | Harry , who used to work for the coal board , cites Graham Gooch as his favourite cricketer . |
| 19 | And we realized on reflection , had Freda have not volunteered early enough , another lady who used to work at the station played , u plays for Nigel when he does his gigs . |
| 20 | There is a certain Asian anaesthetist who used to work at the City Hospital Maternity Unit . |
| 21 | But Mr Abramson , who used to work in the clothing business , said he suffered chest pains because of the shock of the attempted robbery . |
| 22 | A former accountant who used to work in the music industry with Tony Visconti ( David Bowie 's producer ) , he now has a hit of his own with the quoted company The Pelican Group . |
| 23 | Yeah , well she used to work at the station in the offices . |
| 24 | dying to get the money , is she , did she used to work in the paper shop ? |
| 25 | Cos , you used to work for the castronery had to pay you see , not the firm . |
| 26 | Apply for funding for two hospital support nurses who will work with the consultant . |
| 27 | It is the beginning of a comeback for Liz , who will work on the thriller Faithful next year . |
| 28 | He is joined by Richard Brown who will work in the company 's commercial property department in development practice . |
| 29 | I shall be the director but you will work in the way you 're used to and as you think fit . |
| 30 | It is a type of book open to any would-be writer who feels he or she can work in the vein . |