Example sentences of "work [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | my Lord erm what we 're saying is that certain restrictions are void , if I can , if I can just work through one example , if the erm |
| 2 | And that night steals some milk and er sure enough it did come and then when the witch woken up in the morning and found out that somebody had been milking the cow she said er whoever stealing the milk will never work for six month . |
| 3 | For even if we achieve the objective of a full franchise then the purpose of that full franchise will not work for disabled people if they do n't have full access to polling stations , they only then have the alternative of using postal or proxy votes and not exercising their franchise in the same way that able-bodied people er will do and their full right are part of the measure that I 'm seeking the house to agree that I should pursue . |
| 4 | He did n't work for four months . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you work for International Models or another agency now ? ’ |
| 6 | In either advertising or public relations you will work for many clients with a multitude of problems and try to offer them solutions . |
| 7 | there 's no way you can work for that sort of price |
| 8 | Furthermore , the possibility of reversing the flow of the argument on behalf of imbeciles , mooted in the preceding section , and to wonder if our regard for them is not in part sentimentality , will not work for normal infants . |
| 9 | The 1967 Scheme provided that workers should ‘ work for such periods as are reasonable ’ and the employers argued that this made the strike illegal . |
| 10 | We are now involved in even bigger projects , and the successful candidates could work for such companies as Ernst Oil , Stavro Construction and Blofeld Engineering . |
| 11 | No major earthquakes have occurred in the region since 1981 , so there is no certainty that the prediction technique will work for such events . |
| 12 | It would work for one part but the next part needed another sound to it , so maybe we 'd use the Paul Reed Smith for the second half of the solo . |
| 13 | We are all different ; what may work for one individual will not necessarily work as well for another . |
| 14 | They do n't work for one employer on a regular basis . |
| 15 | He did the craven work for two months , seeing Sam every weekend , until it came to a meeting at which he was supposed to speak : a report about a provincial store promotion scheme . |
| 16 | You 've just to got be ca You 've just got to be careful that you get it i i you 've got it pristine working and it 's gon na work for two days . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought the intelligent thing to do was to go away and work for two years and then come back and teach . |
| 18 | And erm being as he put a new table in the mill he thought we could work for thirty pound a week less , on this table . |
| 19 | Well no when we started when the strike started in the mill , I told then , you know y I do n't know what you are going to do with us , I said , but the way you are carrying on now you are going to bring trouble into this quarry , cos these lads are n't going to give in to you at all that quick , what you 're trying to do , make them work for thirty pound a week less , so you better think it over now , I said , before it gets any worse . |
| 20 | Do not work for long periods without a break . |
| 21 | Prejudice , such as that exploited by Tupper in Cardiff in 1911 , became mixed with self concern — the belief that Asiatic crews would work for lower wages and in worse conditions than British , and so undercut the union 's effort to improve both in the British seaman 's interests . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt we played a little bit like an end of season game and did n't work for each other . ’ |
| 23 | Knackering though it is , the sessions are also very enjoyable and make everybody work for each other . |
| 24 | However , 90% of funding to be distributed to authors was not fanciful , and indeed the new Registrar , Dr James Parker , was keen to establish a figure of 11% on which he would work for administrative expenses . |
| 25 | Secondly , while some theories may work for concrete subjects , they may not be as applicable to abstract concepts , such as ’ justice ’ , ’ insurance ’ or ’ business ’ . |
| 26 | In many cases the shabashniki have abandoned their official jobs and are organized into independent teams who no longer do work for private individuals but work virtually as ‘ troubleshooters ’ for public concerns which have run into problems . |
| 27 | His saying was " If I can work for 1 Yard an hour I can walk for 1 1/2d an hour . |
| 28 | Of course , this wo n't work for all cases if any of the last three fields are sometimes blank , although the WHILE condition could be amended to ‘ NOT ( ISBLANK ( [ Field13 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field14 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field15 ] ) to trap some of these . |
| 29 | For example , is quite correct and it will work for all values of A. But if B is zero , the answer is " infinity " . |
| 30 | It wo n't work for political reasons — it 's one con-trick too far . ’ |