Example sentences of "[verb] in [prep] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It also fits in with work being carried out at other research centres . |
| 2 | He slept immediately and deeply , and then got up at six a.m. to turn the television on and make the tea ready for when the man he lived with got in from work . |
| 3 | He would talk it over with Charlie when he got in from work . |
| 4 | And er anyway , when I got in from work last night , he 'd done carrots , sprouts , cabbage , mashed potatoes , and he 'd done this pie . |
| 5 | of perhaps my characteristics cos I tend to go in to work at eight o'clock just before I write any more in and I do have to clear everything before I even start the day . |
| 6 | I phoned in to work and asked ? |
| 7 | She had come in from work one evening to find her mother and father dead in each other 's arms . |
| 8 | No matter what your business commitments , it is far more sensible to have one day at home in bed to recover from the worst of the virus than to struggle in to work , extending the recuperation period enormously and giving the virus to everyone else . |
| 9 | One day , Jimmy Coutts cycled in to work ( he ‘ lived out ’ with his wife and young family in a village near Cambridge ) , and said that he had seen a telegraph boy delivering a telegram at a house opposite his , where he knew the wife of one of the air crew officers at Oakington lived . |
| 10 | When they came in to work they park their cars and he was playing in the car park . |
| 11 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 12 | When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life . |
| 13 | The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry . |
| 14 | Charlie Miller came in from work at six-fifteen . |
| 15 | If she put an ashtray in the wrong place , she 'd get beaten up ; if she never put his paper in the right place , she 'd get beaten up ; if he came in from work and his dinner was n't on the table , she 'd get beaten up . |
| 16 | ‘ I came in from work on the Monday night when Ray was on the phone . |
| 17 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 18 | ‘ I have an important document I have to finish , ’ she said , and insisted on going in to work . |
| 19 | Josie found her when she turned in for work at the club that evening . |
| 20 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
| 21 | The artist was one of the so called Bevin boys , who were drafted in to work as miners during the last war . |
| 22 | It may just be a question of getting up ten minutes earlier in the morning or taking ten minutes when you get in from work to be alone and to reflect and relax . |
| 23 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 24 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 25 | And Joe was so livid when he get in from work he went out and found them and smacked one of these kids nearly to death ! |
| 26 | Shove it in as soon I get in from work I think . |
| 27 | Once I get in from work , I 'm knackered ! |
| 28 | Well I , he 'll only just be getting in from work |
| 29 | Well erm , at half past six Paula he 'll be in the middle of his tea , you 've got to give the guy a chance to turn round try to suit you , but think of him , he 's just getting in from work and boom |
| 30 | Stores controller in the purchasing department at Barlaston , Dave Lewis , is overseeing the data transfer which ties in with work he is undertaking as part of a three-year course at Staffordshire University . |