Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at work " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 2 | Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea . |
| 3 | Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea . |
| 4 | After the day I 'd had at work . |
| 5 | It also outlines what guidance and support you can expect to get at work and what we expect from you in return . |
| 6 | but at least stress will begin to ease at work and you will feel so free to turn your attention to other areas of life at last . |
| 7 | , writes : WE BEGAN discussing at work how , in America , the ‘ holes ’ from fruit Polo mints are sold as sweets . |
| 8 | In particular , for reasons that will be taken up below , the Nottinghamshire miners decided to remain at work . |
| 9 | SMOKING has become the main health concern of companies , with a sharp rise in the number introducing policies to control smoking at work , a conference on the issue was told yesterday . |
| 10 | If we take the research on goals plus the experience of practitioners in the selection business we will find a high degree of consensus about the more frequently cited goals that individuals attempt to satisfy at work . |
| 11 | But then I got promoted at work and suddenly I had a salary to borrow against . |
| 12 | They were allowed to drink at work ? |
| 13 | Find out how to get promoted at work . |
| 14 | Green had developed a passion for a university law student he had met at work in Salford , Greater Manchester . |
| 15 | Hey Nance , Nance , Nance , Nance , you know you were telling me that you thought someone had died at work ? |
| 16 | Well that 's the one I 've got at work you see . |
| 17 | I mean I 'm fairly used to what I 've got at work now . |
| 18 | I mean , you get meters normally , the meters we 've got at work and you just turn a knob and it 's got ohms , volts , amps frequency you know , whatever . |
| 19 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 20 | I had arrived at work late on Monday morning and in none too good a temper . |
| 21 | The same trends tend to occur at work . |
| 22 | I pledge to recycle as much waste as possible at home and/or I pledge to help organise recycling at work or at school/college . |
| 23 | Erm and what I want you to do tonight please , in your teams I want you to make a list tonight , in your teams of all the things you have to do at work . |
| 24 | Often their frustration is made worse as they do not wish to admit to stress at work in case it appears on employment or insurance records . |
| 25 | You could offer mock interviews to pupils about to leave school , or a problem-solving activity based on a real life difficulty you have encountered at work . |
| 26 | In the first , the reader can identify immediately with the woman on the page , and the headline and sub-head add humour to humanity : ‘ Get motivated — get yourself a kick-start and find the drive you need to succeed at work and at home ’ . |