Example sentences of "they [verb] work [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Beginning in September they began to work on the current German and Austrian week ( 17 to 21 May ) searching for consignments spanning the centuries and media .
2 They continue to work against the democratic interests of the nation whose people do support the concept of local government .
3 Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years .
4 And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer .
5 The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police .
6 All employees identified by linkage to industrial records also reported that they had worked in the nuclear industry and no additional parents reported having been an employee .
7 At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week .
8 For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months .
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