Example sentences of "have work at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead .
2 Wendy had worked at a local hospital as a clerk in medical records before giving up work to look after her children .
3 No mother of a case had worked at a nuclear establishment before her child 's conception , and no mother had a record of being monitored for exposure to ionising radiation at any time before diagnosis ( table V ) .
4 Apparently my mother had worked at a big house somewhere and fallen in love , but it had all gone wrong .
5 Marie said nothing but she had worked at an old people 's home as part of her Community Care Course .
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