Example sentences of "be at work " in BNC.

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1 It is now my opinion that the main things to remember if you 're going back to work after having a baby are that as long as you find someone you 're happy with to look after your baby while you 're at work , you 'll be happy and so will your baby , and that you will be able to do the job when you go back , even if the thought of it scares you to death in the months leading up to your return .
2 Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work .
3 Thirty-five per cent of men , feel most masculine when they 're at work , especially richer men , those enjoying the most sexual activity and those who regularly cheat on their partners .
4 Yeah but if they 're if they 're , if they 're at work during that period of time
5 ‘ Well , ’ said Ken , ‘ do n't expect me to look after Apricot while you 're at work .
6 On the twenty seven part-time stations where the people are not on the station , they 're at home , they 're at work or elsewhere , each one carries a little alerter with them , erm tiny little gadget in his pocket , and by means of this erm radio communication I was talking about earlier , by pressing the right button for the appropriate station , er er it triggers off these alerters and the men respond to that call , come to the fire station , where the telephone is live waiting for them and the message is passed on that way .
7 They 're at work
8 You 're at work
9 you 're at work already .
10 Well if you 're at work
11 If you 're at work Dorothy could go If I help , I 'll help with Trevor with his triplets .
12 No they 're at work all day
13 Well we 're , well when we 're at work I 'm not quite so bad
14 No but when you 're at work Madge , er , bricklaying and er filing your hands are rough now they 're like
15 Of course I 'm not because you 're at work
16 Well he has n't given me them , they 're at work .
17 Cos I mean that 's something because they 're at work they build up with
18 but then you , then , it 's that , it 's , when you 're at work experience it 's then when you really find out what it 's like
19 So married woman 's like if their husband left them and they 're at work well how do they , how are they covered ?
20 Julie , who 's 26 , says , ‘ I keep it in my bag when I 'm at work , and often place it by my bed at night . ’
21 But I 'm at work and I 'm thinking ‘ I 've got to get back ’ .
22 I 'm at work .
23 ‘ That 's because I 'm at work , ’ Loretta said shortly .
24 That 's when I 'm at work or at home — sometimes I use it at home , not often .
25 you 're responsible for mine and if I 'm at work I 'm responsible for yours , I wrote to the D H S S
26 I 'm at work .
27 Yeah usually if there 's no stamp wanted I get one of lasses while I 'm at work , they 'll drop it off for me .
28 I 'm at work erm well
29 He needs continually to be at work dealing with the shifting population of a modern age , so that people who move house to a new estate shall still find a priest and a sacrament for their souls .
30 If we find that when we have stopped it , either things are just as bad ( which is improbable ) or that they are still fairly bad , then indeed it will be easier , scientifically easier , to detect any other causes which may be at work . ’
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