Example sentences of "[verb] work [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Celia appeared to go from bad to worse , Brian had advertised for a housekeeper and two had come and gone in quick succession , the first merely saying that the post was not to her ‘ fancy ’ , the second giving a fuller more blatant explanation : that she did not want to work in a household where there was nervous trouble . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 3 | Tony did not want to work in a shop or a factory . |
| 4 | I did n't want to work in a place where I could n't wear my fur coat . |
| 5 | I 'd prefer to work in a factory . |
| 6 | We have got to go to work with a lot of of of er tension and pressure on us . |
| 7 | Charles Brown , for example , was born in Northamptonshire in 1855 and had to go to work as a boy when his father , an agricultural labourer earning 12s. a week , was taken ill . |
| 8 | The begetters of the whole event are artist Chris Garratt and writer Mick Kidd , who will be running a practical workshop in the Dovecot tomorrow , when they intend to work to a deadline to produce a complete comic strip . |
| 9 | There are frequent occasions in a drama session when children are divided into groups and asked to work on a task . |
| 10 | Whistling to himself , Henry laid the table , while , in the corner of the kitchen , Maisie finished her last chocolate bar and got to work on a packet of crisps , a tube of Rollos , half a pound of jellybabies and a jumbo bar of Turkish delight . |
| 11 | Both countries agreed to work towards a peace treaty to replace the 1953 armistice agreement [ for which see pp. 13077-79 ] . |
| 12 | I think it is right that everyone should be given the freedom to choose whether or not they want to work in a smoking or non-smoking office and separate areas created to cater for both factions . |
| 13 | This is because many intending EFL teachers have already obtained QTS ( perhaps through a modern languages PGCE ) and are now looking for an ‘ add-on ’ EFL qualification ; others may have decided that they want to work in a context ( usually adult education in Britain or overseas ) where QTS is not necessary or appropriate . |
| 14 | There are a number of routes you could take if you want to work in a job where you 'll be looking after the countryside . |
| 15 | The day that battered sundial he offered me for £1,650 finds its way into my garden is the day I wo n't need to work for a living . |
| 16 | They are usually wealthy ex-public school boys , who , since they will never need to work for a living , have little else to occupy them except the pursual of cheap thrills . |
| 17 | Within a couple of years , non-standardization had claimed another victim ; but this time , the recorded legacy includes records which we can not play back electronically , because the mechanism has to work with a clockwork motor . |
| 18 | Our perception of the pub has to work at a number of levels — mostly obvious , but nonetheless worth clarifying . |
| 19 | At a subsequent season they were less keen when they found they were expected to work on a raft near the famous Sporting Club . |
| 20 | We are an integral part of a large organisation and are expected to work as a team . |
| 21 | Sayer has come to work as a laboratory assistant but he 's drawn to a group of patients scattered throughout the hospital . |
| 22 | This 1938 Massey Harris model , designed to work with a horse or tractor , will take 2 days to harvest this 4 acre crop of wheat . |
| 23 | Speakers and headphones are designed to work from a zero impedance source . |
| 24 | Cole has worked at a variety of catering units run by High Table in his five years with the company and has now been promoted to executive chef . |
| 25 | Slater , a hotel chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America in New York ( he has worked at a restaurant in Kensington ) , got his first headlines by being sacked from a grocery store deli counter because of his Klan activities . |
| 26 | Lynda , a former teacher who has worked as a deaconess in Ayrshire , Edinburgh and Fort William and whose most recent church appointment was a centre warden at Iona Abbey , had been due to take over the lease of Key House , next to Falkland Palace , in July but the property became vacant sooner than expected . |
| 27 | For the past eleven years Joan has worked as a Clerkess in the dyed yarn store office , recording piece work production figures . |
| 28 | She has worked as a freelance fabric designer in New York , specialising in the production of hand painted silks . |
| 29 | Lisa Adams has worked as a packer for three years — the Downs Syndrome Association hopes her prize will encourage other employers . |
| 30 | Dr Gysi , who has worked as a lawyer since 1971 , and is divorced with two children , is the son of Dr Klaus Gysi , a former East German minister of culture , ambassador to Rome , and state secretary for church affairs . |