Example sentences of "[verb] work [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might prefer to work out a general letter and simply insert the details such as where they saw the job advertised and the name given to the vacancy advertised . |
| 2 | I got to work up a good sweat . |
| 3 | The Economy Ministers of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay met on July 20 in the Uruguayan capital , Montevideo , and agreed to work out a joint set of rules to combat the dumping and sale of subsidised goods by non-members of their prospective common market agreed under the Mercosur Treaty of March 1991 [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I tried to work out an obvious connection between scholarship and cocaine and could not , but knew better than to ask . |
| 6 | To see this is to recognize the stylistic value of Golding 's choice : that his version of the event is of movements perceived in space and time , from which the reader has to work out a normal understanding of what is happening . |
| 7 | On April 2 , 1990 , the opposition held a convention on immigration designed to work out an alternative immigration policy which would be a compromise between the perceived laxity of the government and the extremism of the Front National ( FN ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Plateless bolt-on necks are the order of the day , and the Koreans have had to work out a strange method of extending the neck an extra step past the end of the fingerboard to try to keep the Rickenbacker look ( you might be able to spot this feature on the black one , between the neck and middle pickups ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got to work out a new course . ’ |
| 12 | I started working out a lingering death for Basil . |
| 13 | The latter suggestion was indeed taken up and the Area Board chairmen met monthly with Citrine , Self and Hacking to work out a common policy . |
| 14 | The Alliance , like Mr Kohl , favours making use of Article 23 of the West German constitution , which would allow East Germany to join the Federal Republic quickly ; the Social Democrats , whose support will be needed , favour Article 146 , which could mean working out a new all-German constitution first . |
| 15 | Neighbourhood care today means working out a constructive relationship between the state , locally and nationally , and neighbourhoodism , the politicised voice of local attachment . |
| 16 | Barker grew very quickly , and had to work off a tremendous amount of energy every day , and since Danny was much too young to take him out for walks , this duty fell upon Connor . |
| 17 | We had to work out a short monologue in the voice of a character , and then afterwards we sat around and were asked who would volunteer to stand up and read their piece . |
| 18 | He said he still had to work out an acceptable solution to the dispute created by Israel 's deportation of 415 Palestinians from the occupied territories to an icy no man 's land in south Lebanon , where 396 of them remain . |
| 19 | On the other hand we do quite frequently mutter to ourselves as we try to deduce something logically — or even if we do n't make a sound we often use words in our head when trying to work out a complex problem . |
| 20 | The idea of trying to work out an optimum ratio is interesting , and we should like to think about it further . |
| 21 | Usually the two pilots who are on night duty sleep in the ambulance but the driver and medical orderly who also sleep in it had worked up a terrific ‘ fug ’ — ‘ Imshi ’ Mason and I felt we could not cope with the smell of unwashed feet , etc. , so we dragged the two stretchers out . ’ |
| 22 | Chantler noted , however , in 1952 , that ‘ the current investment review has been even more fantastic than its predecessors if that were possible ’ , and it was not until 1953 that the Treasury had worked out a new system of investment control . |
| 23 | He had worked out a basic form for this and photocopied it , leaving blanks to type in the appropriate names . |
| 24 | At the Penta the porters had worked out a neat scam with the airline crews who regularly booked into the hotel . |
| 25 | USL and Novell now have to work out a definitive merger agreement which includes defining exactly how free-standing and independent a subsidiary USL will be in the future . |
| 26 | Borough council treasurer Bob Patterson told members that the bid will cost an initial £75,000 for document preparation and a further £200,000 will be required to work out a five-year plan , involving several full time officers . |
| 27 | At first the language helper repeats each phrase for you as it is played back and you write it down , but your aim should be that when you have worked out a phonemic script for the language you teach the language helper to transcribe texts for you . |