Example sentences of "work in the fields " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sent to work in the fields . |
| 2 | The FAO bull was greeted with extensive speeches by the president , entertained on the diplomatic circuit , and amid much pomp and ceremony was eventually sent to work in the fields . |
| 3 | Sometimes she thought she had a fever and , in the morning when she 'd cooked and the family had eaten , too ill to work in the fields , she 'd take a rug out onto the roof and sleep in the warmth of the winter sun . |
| 4 | The son of a Jat farmer outside Delhi , by the age of thirteen she was already refusing to work in the fields , saying that she felt more like a woman than a man . |
| 5 | On Feb. 12 the Communist Party daily Granma announced that the Ministry of Agriculture was to lose 25,500 posts , and the Ministry of Construction 50,000 , as part of the government 's rationalization of central administration ; 15,000 of those affected in the Ministry of Agriculture would be relocated , and half of those affected in the Ministry of Construction would be sent to work in the fields . |
| 6 | This word ‘ gently ’ enhances the tenderness of the lines , while ‘ fields unsown ’ tells us that the man had to go and work in the fields , suggesting a strength and a vigour which he must have had and thereby making his death harder to accept . |
| 7 | She sent them alone with sandwiches and drinks to where her brother worked in the fields and he too grew glad of their quiet company in the empty fields . |
| 8 | The next day Chola was feeling well , and she and Kalchu and Kānchho 's wife , Sita , worked in the fields all day and finished sowing the buckwheat . |
| 9 | That was fine when manpower was cheap and farming was labour intensive , when families worked in the fields man and boy . |
| 10 | There were some campesina women who would n't accept anything but worked in the fields as their form of helping the revolutionary forces . |
| 11 | After the revolution , I hope to return home , work in the fields , take care of my animals , the chickens and pigs and grow my vegetables again . |
| 12 | But also women work in the fields — if they wish to and are physically fit for it . |
| 13 | As most villagers work in the fields during the day , the supply need only be switched on between five in the evening and eight in the morning . |
| 14 | ‘ The cold will stop all work in the fields . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , Burkha or no Burkha , one has to work , cutting the fodder , cleaning out the cowsheds , working in the fields at harvest time and then cooking and cleaning — and so many other tasks . |
| 16 | Dot knew from their voices that those two young men who 'd been working in the fields must be prisoners . |
| 17 | They was working in the fields . |
| 18 | She thought she saw the Germans still working in the fields , and now they were picking up potatoes from the muddy ground . |
| 19 | In a striking passage Daphne recalls working in the fields with her mother , falling ill from the heat , and being consoled by stories about love . |
| 20 | I do know that at Low Birk Hatt , after finishing working in the fields all day , he would set to joinering at night , and made several of the doors and gates . |
| 21 | It will be invaluable to students in higher education with essays to write , to professionals reading or writing reports , to people working in the fields of science or technology , and to advanced learners from all walks of life … as well as to numerous teachers of English preparing classes and talks on specific topics . |
| 22 | Food comes pretty much free with the husband 's job working in the fields for the team . |
| 23 | The eighteenth-century historian and topographer Freiherr Johann von Valvasor describes the life of the frontiersmen : ‘ Whenever a man was working in the fields he always carried his arms with him and kept a horse saddled near his plough . |
| 24 | One day the following week when Tess was working in the fields as usual , Alec d'Urberville came to see her . |
| 25 | Catherine and he still spent time together , when he was not working in the fields , but he no longer expressed his fondness for her in words , and he looked angry if she touched or kissed him . |
| 26 | Language for those working in the fields of science , economics , politics and administration . |
| 27 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 28 | The MSG promotes contacts between academics , civil servants , Bank of England officials , private bankers , stockbrokers , and others interested and working in the fields of money and banking , finance , and macroeconomic policy . |
| 29 | Sampling techniques were adopted from statisticians working in the fields of biology and botany . |