Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] work [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to work up a good sweat . |
| 2 | As well as observing the score 's incredible organization of its thematic riches — ‘ I tried to work out a little table of leitmotifs and I got past 70 , which is amazing in an opera ’ — Maazel discovered in rehearsal just how well thought out Puccini 's orchestration actually is . |
| 3 | I tried to work out an obvious connection between scholarship and cocaine and could not , but knew better than to ask . |
| 4 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 5 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 6 | Question : I want to work out the total on a set of numeric fields in my Paradox data table , so that I can see how much has been made by my sales staff . |
| 7 | It was heavy to get on board singlehanded , but I 'd worked out a good method of lifting it with a spare halliard fitted with a simple purchase . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to work up an appetite for my breakfast . |
| 9 | I started working out a lingering death for Basil . |
| 10 | In The Extended Phenotype I attempt to work out an answer to this difficult problem . |
| 11 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 12 | ‘ Similarly , I did n't want any obvious arms on it so I had to work out a system of manipulators — things that did things , like a grip mechanism or a gun . |
| 13 | Though I had worked out every detail for me and the wheelbarrow , I had not given much thought to the Land Rover . |
| 14 | I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own . |
| 15 | I 've worked out a way of stalling , but it wo n't hold him for ever . |
| 16 | I think I 've worked out a way of getting him away . |
| 17 | I have worked out a table which shows the visibility , or otherwise , of some of the brightest stars as seen from different places : C indicates that the star is circumpolar ; V , that it is visible at times ; and a dash , that it never rises . |
| 18 | ‘ We shall have separate practice sessions from now on , when I have worked out the timetable . |
| 19 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 20 | If you 'd worked out the correlation coefficient or some measure of correlation , you would expe you 'd say that they 're positively correlated . |
| 21 | The best place for Jed during all of this , she 'd decided , would be with his minder ; she 'd worked out a special weekend rate with Mrs Neary some time ago and had been working on her conscience ever since . |
| 22 | you know working out the potential of their land and how they can erm use their land and their properties to the best |
| 23 | If you try working out the return on a single room , using the well-known 1:1,000 room rate:room cost ratio , assuming a realistic annual occupancy rate ( say 65 per cent ) and providing for interest and tax , you will realize that it could take several decades to recover the original cost . |
| 24 | You 've worked out a program or a system for acute erm stomach pains — are you planning to move onto other areas and gradually build up a catalogue of aches and pains in the body , or what ? |
| 25 | And you 've worked out the audience . |
| 26 | Cos when you 've worked out the questions you can put them at the front . |
| 27 | But nearby there was a very large adult macaque who had worked out an even better solution . |
| 28 | Just just think about that and just use that graph there If you wanted to work out the angle there , the tan of the angle would be that over that , but only when the scale is the same on both axes . |
| 29 | It is we , however , who have to work out the connections of similarity and contrast between the expressions in the groups A to L , which thereby become representative of something more general , which could not be expressed by simply adding together the literal senses of the words . |
| 30 | You may have a new group for whom you have to work out a syllabus , or you may want to check to see whether a revision session is necessary or not . |