Example sentences of "[be] work [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doris Clay , part-time barmaid , had not been to work on Friday evening nor over the weekend . |
| 2 | My theory — ‘ mine ’ , I say , but the miracle had been wrought in front of me by Sister Kenny — was very simple . |
| 3 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 4 | they want it done cheaply because you 're working at home ! |
| 5 | We 're working at things which the players might not appreciate at the moment but they will in 10 years time when they look back on what they have achieved . |
| 6 | The feeling intensified when she met Marshall who gave a knowing look and said : ‘ I expect you 're working for Mr Harbury . ’ |
| 7 | Writing is n't usually a social activity , except when you 're working on exercises together in a writers ' group — and even then you 'll find that you do most of your writing alone , in whatever space and time you can carve out for yourself . |
| 8 | Now , we 're working on language , now , but because a question turns up every year on paper one , to do with education , we 're going to be considering education , and we 're going to consider education in the broadest possible way , and that is , how do we know things . |
| 9 | I 'll just say oh well we 're working on Saturday |
| 10 | The exceptions for which we 're working on block contracts are : |
| 11 | Whether we 're working on drama as a subject in its own right , developing a school play or using drama as a means of focusing and enhancing work in other curriculum areas , working with other adults is potentially very rewarding . |
| 12 | Well of course you 're working on Monday . |
| 13 | of a small company from York , called and what we 're doing is we 're working on behalf of the Group , who compile and publish the English Dictionary . |
| 14 | if you only pay peanuts , you 're working with monkeys . |
| 15 | easy when you 're working with figures that are going up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and the next one does n't . |
| 16 | We also always try to involve a related organisation — this year we 're working with WISH , Women In Special Hospitals — who can give us insight into the difficulties the women might have in talking about their experiences . |
| 17 | For instance , by expanding the context of the first example above , we can establish which element is given : In this job , Anne , we 're working with silver . |
| 18 | If you 're wor In other words if you 're working with Christ , keep your eyes on him , you 'll not go wrong . |
| 19 | I mean if you 're doing things like er you 're working with X or something , erm and you want to know does Well so say you 're working with X times and Y and you want to know |
| 20 | I mean if you 're doing things like er you 're working with X or something , erm and you want to know does Well so say you 're working with X times and Y and you want to know |
| 21 | Erm so if you 're working with logs , if you 're working wi I mean if you 're working with say , Y equals X squared , |
| 22 | ‘ We 're working with publishers on customising , or perhaps I should say ‘ Dillonising ’ , point of sale material , ’ said David Mutton of Dillons . |
| 23 | You ca n't tell they 're the same the only way you can tell is if they 're , if they 're working with number , I mean that 's a plus or a positive that 's a positive three . |
| 24 | I agree with you but erm but it can be tiresome ca n't if you if you 're working with people who are a little bit er over the top or pushy people |
| 25 | Erm , particularly erm if you if you if you 're working with people who 've got the as it were the politically correct repertoire er that that yeah alright mhm yeah mhm yeah yeah mhm yeah yeah mhm I know but mhm yeah yeah |
| 26 | The person who is out in the front teaching the class , or directing the piece of work they 're doing , they do , and everybody in it does … the kind of work we do is to do with a group of people … getting into a drama studio , and you know the set-up here ; there 's no uniform , there 's no ‘ Sir ’ or ‘ Miss ’ , it 's all Christian names , and that means that the holds are broken down a lot , so what is done in the end is to produce work which we hope makes statements which come from the pre-occupations , the beliefs , the honestly held beliefs of the people involved , whether they 're working from a text , an interpretation of a text , or whether they 're working from improvisation , doing their own work … so they get constant assessment from that . |
| 27 | I wo n't cheat , go and look it up oh we 're working in pairs though are n't we ? |
| 28 | Let's call them pounds because we 're working in England . |
| 29 | So if you 're working in degrees you 'd go zero degrees to three sixty degrees . |
| 30 | Erm it would seem to me therefore that if we 're working in terms of ticks and crosses , that area likely to meet Gre Greater York needs , you ought to have a tick against all of them . |