Example sentences of "to work [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 2 | It seems to work that way . |
| 3 | To dispose of odd numbers , you 'll need to … no , on second thoughts I 'll leave you to work that one out yourself ! |
| 4 | The left foot represents the left side of the body and the right … well I 'll leave you to work that one out ! |
| 5 | THEY call Eddie Newton ‘ Isaac ’ at Stamford Bridge , and you do n't need a rotten apple on the head to work that one out . |
| 6 | However , the best way to keep yourself in cheques and your customers in check is to have a follow-up plan and to work that plan . |
| 7 | He hoped Woodward had the intelligence to work that one out . |
| 8 | ON HIS WAY TO WORK that Monday , Alistair sat slumped in his bus seat , limp with ambition and neglect . |
| 9 | Is that okay , to work that out or not sure about that ? |
| 10 | will start to , to , to work that up . |
| 11 | And then the timekeeper could mark down that they were present , they 'd gone to work that day you see ? |
| 12 | Erm that 's how we used to work that is . |
| 13 | So you want to work that one out ? |
| 14 | You 'll have to work that out for yourselves . ’ |
| 15 | How to work that out ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 'll have to work that out for yourself ! |
| 17 | It was difficult cos you only had what they we call the joystick behind me and I used to work that and I used to be |
| 18 | ‘ Very difficult to work that out at first . |
| 19 | But there was no time to work that out for he was back in the room , carrying a tray , and with his foot hooking forward the coffee-table . |
| 20 | I looked down and suddenly realised I had forgotten to bring my own umbrella to work that morning . |
| 21 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |
| 22 | This applies not only to work that is strictly social scientific , but also to that with , for example , a more medical or demographic orientation . |
| 23 | The City Chambers have been booked for a cyclists ’ breakfast and we hope to encourage as many people as possible to bike to work that day . |
| 24 | Yeah I think , small workforce , I mean twenty in our quarry , if one or two back to work that 's not really gon na help the management . |
| 25 | Erm , Mr Brighton was was critical of the County Council in just using the residual method to determine the size of the new settlement , er and then in in backing up that justification erm referred to work that is included in in Barton Willmore 's proof , I 've I have read this survey work quite carefully , and my understanding of it is is that erm by un undertaking a survey of settlements in the county , they have established , albeit f f f for information purposes only , a population threshold for a particular type of service , erm , in in the North Yorkshire context , erm the implication I I understand from that is is that that is being used to justify a fourteen hundred figure or or whatever it is to achieve the level of services that would would be required for a a balanced integrated community to use the words for the guidance . |
| 26 | could you possibly give Ian , Zain and me the authority to work that one out . |
| 27 | Although they would try to work that out by saying , for example , erm , we would have during the course of the day , to interview somebody from , you know , so many males , so many females , so many in this age group , so many in that age group , so many who perhaps , I do n't know whether they go down to look at your address , or or whatever . |
| 28 | and then start losing confidence , wasting time , if you 've got some check , like that , right , okay , so if you like to work that one out , you should n't have any problem with the , the second bar , if you can do the first one . |
| 29 | There was clearly no point in arguing with the man any longer , she consoled herself , wearily removing her short-sleeved ivory silk blouse and the skirt of the pin-striped navy suit in which she 'd gone to work that morning . |
| 30 | So I 've told them I 'm not coming to work that day . |