Example sentences of "[verb] to work [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users . |
| 2 | Our investigations of casual working in the catering industry confirmed the impressions given by the data from the LFS that most casual workers did not want to work on a regular , continuous basis . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't want to work in a place where I could n't wear my fur coat . |
| 5 | When Celia appeared to go from bad to worse , Brian had advertised for a housekeeper and two had come and gone in quick succession , the first merely saying that the post was not to her ‘ fancy ’ , the second giving a fuller more blatant explanation : that she did not want to work in a household where there was nervous trouble . |
| 6 | Tony did not want to work in a shop or a factory . |
| 7 | she wo n't , she 's , she 's just on the , oh I do n't want to work in a boring office we 've , we 've tried to say not , you do n't have to work , it 's an in , it 's an in to what you want |
| 8 | This may be a tutor , ward sister or charge nurse , or a member of the ward team who is designated to work as a ‘ mentor ’ — a personal counsellor and guide throughout your reorientation period and even beyond . |
| 9 | After two years in the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , Kidd felt that he would prefer to work for a British firm and employ the systems he had designed . |
| 10 | You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern . |
| 11 | I 'd prefer to work in a factory . |
| 12 | We have got to go to work with a lot of of of er tension and pressure on us . |
| 13 | Charles Brown , for example , was born in Northamptonshire in 1855 and had to go to work as a boy when his father , an agricultural labourer earning 12s. a week , was taken ill . |
| 14 | ‘ Leo actually had to go to work in a pair of my knickers , ’ Emma said . |
| 15 | The begetters of the whole event are artist Chris Garratt and writer Mick Kidd , who will be running a practical workshop in the Dovecot tomorrow , when they intend to work to a deadline to produce a complete comic strip . |
| 16 | There are frequent occasions in a drama session when children are divided into groups and asked to work on a task . |
| 17 | ‘ Many people with this disease are able to continue to work for a very long time and there is no evidence to suggest that her condition and the error are necessarily linked . ’ |
| 18 | Advanced Micro says a number of its personnel will be assigned to work on a full-time basis at Hewlett-Packard 's Deer Creek Research and Development Facility in Palo Alto , California over the next two years , although some tasks associated with the project will be handled at Advanced Micro 's Submicron Development Centre in Sunnyvale . |
| 19 | Whistling to himself , Henry laid the table , while , in the corner of the kitchen , Maisie finished her last chocolate bar and got to work on a packet of crisps , a tube of Rollos , half a pound of jellybabies and a jumbo bar of Turkish delight . |
| 20 | After an opening 25 minutes of tedious football , Wright got to work with a magnificent solo display . |
| 21 | Trade relations were also discussed with Ivan Silayev , chair of the Interstate Economic Committee and both sides agreed to work on a long-term trade co-operation treaty . |
| 22 | Both countries agreed to work towards a peace treaty to replace the 1953 armistice agreement [ for which see pp. 13077-79 ] . |
| 23 | In Gever 's Application [ 1970 ] , data processing apparatus was arranged to work in a certain way associated with punched cards inserted into it . |
| 24 | But who wants to work in a solicitors ? |
| 25 | One day she wants to work within a sporting authority that cares for its athletes . |
| 26 | None of the fathers ' job descriptions given on the birth certificate referred to work at a nuclear establishment . |
| 27 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 28 | Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis . |
| 29 | If we want to work at a high level of stress , however , anywhere near the potential strength of glass for instance , we must be prepared to keep the surface free from even the most microscopic cracks for , if even one crack is allowed to exceed the Griffith length , which may be only about a thousand Ångströms , catastrophic failure will occur . |
| 30 | There are a number of routes you could take if you want to work in a job where you 'll be looking after the countryside . |