Example sentences of "work [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do work through a programme in sections , try to finish by playing the whole programme through without a pause , if it is not too long . |
| 2 | Would it work for a square ? |
| 3 | I myself work for a newspaper ( Gulp ! — IM ) and believe in individuals having their own opinions ( Why work for a newspaper then ? — IM ) . |
| 4 | In the 20 negotiating days that remain before Maastricht , the Prime Minister must work for a treaty that will serve the best interests of Britain , and in doing so serve the wider interests of the Community . |
| 5 | The University does work for a variety of large companies , such as Rolls Royce , I C I , Shell , B P . |
| 6 | The Commission filing indicates that Michels , whose Santa Cruz shares would be worth around $51.1m with the offering , is receiving $16,667 a month in salary until June 1994 , a total of $300,000 , provided he does n't work for a competitor or try to get back on Santa Cruz 's board , and $3,000 a month for expenses . |
| 7 | The SEC filing indicates Michels , whose SCO shares would be worth around $51.1m with the offering , is receiving $16,667 a month in salary until June 1994 , a total of $300,000 , provided he does n't work for a competitor or try to get back on SCO 's board and $3,000 a month for expenses . |
| 8 | I did work for a petrol company . |
| 9 | It will work for a recogniser , with just one node in the top layer , but it is phrased as if the top layer contains many nodes . |
| 10 | She recalled a promise made by Mr Major when he became Prime Minister : that he would work for a nation at ease with itself . |
| 11 | Slipping between the pages of a magazine may work for a sachet of shampoo or for a soup mix , but the product can very easily slip out again and the end purchaser may not receive the sample . |
| 12 | But what upset her particularly was the last sentence : ‘ I should go and work for a week in one of my shops but — though I could even sleep on the factory floor — I ca n't understand people working in shops . ’ |
| 13 | It 'll work for a lot of them . |
| 14 | It 's easy to drive , quick enough to be fun , with the reassurance of solid , almost farmyard engineering under the skin to remove any worries about making it work for a living . |
| 15 | Either way , they would see no increase in their direct taxes under Labour , provided they do not work for a living . |
| 16 | What did he work for a living ? |
| 17 | You can actually go and work for a living . |
| 18 | Occasionally I even recommend a bank if you should work for a bank you can get the job done for practically nothing I understand and it might be worthwhile . |
| 19 | He said : it gives me hope for the future of the planet that people can work for a solution to poverty and problems and can enjoy life at the same time . |
| 20 | That may work for a lottery system where the buyer buys the fun of expectation but it does not — or should not — apply to opportunities . |
| 21 | Crucially , they found it almost impossible to make them work for a wage . |
| 22 | You can work for a record company now because of your college degree , instead of what you know about music . |
| 23 | The best Centaur , I think , is the Bible Centaur that we 've got , which okay it 's Bruce Rogers — it 's eighteen D on twenty-two , I think — it 's Bruce Rogers , but it 's also the monotype drawing office taking Centaur and doing things to it to make it work as a composition face at that size , beefing it up just enough so it actually holds , and that 's what his Bible 's in . |
| 24 | Who knows , it may even work as a kind of sick turn-on . |
| 25 | Probably the Act the Act will work as a framework through which our children 's futures and their needs will be of paramount importance in all our decision making . |
| 26 | Yet does Ulverton work as a novel , rather than as an immensely partial mental gazetteer ? |
| 27 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |
| 28 | The whole Wolfchild Red Indian routine can only work as a fantasy role if the music transcends the mundane and enables the listener to bliss out on that alone , and if the singer thinks he 's Geronimo , fine , after all we 're quite prepared to accept Black Francis as having some handle on space travel , David Bowie as an alien , Rock Messiah human being and Bono as a cowboy bluesman . |
| 29 | Did you work as a member of a group , now what do you think that means ? |
| 30 | Ron , of Gnosall , Staffs , who can not work as a gardener because of a back injury , will now get £81.88 a week . |