Example sentences of "to work at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cissie had also been entertaining secret hopes that Beth just might change her mind about sending her to work at the flower shop .
2 Well to work at the weekend as well
3 also , I was able to work at the painting knowing I could obliterate any unwanted areas ; this gave me the freedom I needed .
4 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 .
5 Yeah , well she used to work at the station in the offices .
6 A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK .
7 A hundred and thirty staff at a factory destroyed by fire have volunteered to work at the company 's plant in France .
8 Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work !
9 Molly and George needed to work at the adjustment .
10 Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool .
11 Mrs Labno , mother of two sons , who lived in Moreton , Wirral , had hoped to work at the hospice .
12 Mrs Labno , mother of two sons , who lived in Moreton , Wirral , had hoped to work at the hospice .
13 I intercepted Edouard on his way to work at the hotel and got the truth out of him .
14 It was clear to the classical writers that there were tens of thousands of workers who were unemployed and who were prepared to work at the going ( real or money ) wage rate .
15 When he married he rented a rambling red-brick Georgian house two miles away and bicycled to work at the forge most days .
16 You both need to do this to work at the principle of conciliation .
17 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate .
18 With superb research facilities and growing international demand for our expertise , CTL gives you the opportunity to work at the forefront of toxicological research .
19 The Rev. Thomas Tolming said that the Relieving Officer refused aid to deserving poor families who had children , considering that they ought to be put to work at the mine .
20 Used to work at the laundry in Bonner Street .
21 Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do
22 The dufflecoat would have been the one he had worn when he first came to work at the Establishment .
23 The meeting urged cadres to work at the frontline as " vanguard models " to demonstrate the " strong leadership provided by the superior socialist system " in triumphing over natural disasters .
24 There is a certain Asian anaesthetist who used to work at the City Hospital Maternity Unit .
25 I did n't choose to work at the complex .
26 Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary .
27 If you have any problems with this , it would be a good idea to work at the phrasing aurally , by listening closely to the record .
28 It seemed to work at the time .
29 In 1929 he went to Paris to work at the Pasteur Institute .
30 ‘ No , you 're not , you 're exhausted , and you are n't fit to work at the moment .
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