Example sentences of "i [modal v] work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend .
2 If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend .
3 " I 'd work on the assumption that he was n't put in before high water , " Sergeant Burgess said .
4 K. M. When I used to work on the dockside , it was a hive of activity , all the horses and the steam-engines parked along the street .
5 I used to work for the bugger — you know that , do n't you ? ’
6 ‘ It was sixty years ago since I left this place , I used to work for the blacksmith . ’
7 When I was a postulant , or aspirant young novice , I used to work in the laundry .
8 And in in the circumstances I 'm talking about where I would work on the side , then it 's always gon na be erm turning to the quickest resort , rather than the last resort you know .
9 If elected I would work within the council to eliminate the waste and extravagance that makes the current level of local taxation , in whatever form , an unacceptable burden on local residents .
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