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 . ’ |