Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] work [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean this they must have got my name through Miriam so they must already have worked out the they were working |
| 2 | His mind was still trying to work out the puzzle she had set him . |
| 3 | Assessors are still trying to work out the full cost of the fire at the Spring Bank shopping centre , but initial estimates have been put at a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 4 | Anybody who 's still trying to work out the story about the wreath and the river , there was n't any point to it . |
| 5 | We still have to work out the terms of my contract . |
| 6 | The ITA was simultaneously having to work out the details of its own role ; formulate rules that met the legislation 's requirements for quality , balance and so on , some of which — about imported American programmes , say — would affect the companies ' finances ; and ensure both that there was proper competition for the franchises , yet that the operation did not collapse through mismanagement or financial miscalculation . |
| 7 | And until we 've looked honestly at the mess you 've landed in , we ca n't hope to work out the best way out of it . ’ |
| 8 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |