Example sentences of "[modal v] work in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if in Amantani there is a season without rain , he also must work in the leather trade in Lima for three or four months to support his family . |
| 2 | They might work in the graduate school of a good American university , where a variety of methods already abounds . |
| 3 | What toys the daily reading of such a book may work in the will of a young gentleman , or a young maid … wise men can judge and honest men do pity . |
| 4 | Of course while this point may work in the tenant 's favour in a falling market , it is just as likely to work in the landlord 's favour in a rising market . |
| 5 | One great difficulty in the event was that the picture of the man of science as an open-minded searcher after truth does not fit all of them ; indeed it is hard to see how anybody could work in the kind of vacuum envisaged by some of those who invoke a Baconian inductive method . |
| 6 | As early as 1973 , community service orders had been introduced so that offenders could work in the community for up to 240 hours . |
| 7 | ‘ At first , I was n't at all sure they 'd work in the cottage . |
| 8 | ‘ Mark used to work in the newspaper industry , but he got kicked out when they brought in all the new technology you hear about . |
| 9 | She wor used to work in the kipper industry , and she 'd had smallpox once , knocked her off cos you should have seen her face . |
| 10 | But Mr Abramson , who used to work in the clothing business , said he suffered chest pains because of the shock of the attempted robbery . |
| 11 | A former accountant who used to work in the music industry with Tony Visconti ( David Bowie 's producer ) , he now has a hit of his own with the quoted company The Pelican Group . |
| 12 | My wife used to work in the Education Department , incidentally |
| 13 | I know used to work in the curry shop . |
| 14 | Kiichi Miyazawa , the prime minister , used to work in the finance ministry , which oversees the tax office . |
| 15 | dying to get the money , is she , did she used to work in the paper shop ? |
| 16 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 17 | When I was a postulant , or aspirant young novice , I used to work in the laundry . |
| 18 | He used to work in the dock 's offices . |
| 19 | ‘ Jos used to work in the forest . |
| 20 | It can not be supposed , then , that the STV would work in the United Kingdom in precisely the same ways as it does in Ireland . |
| 21 | He is joined by Richard Brown who will work in the company 's commercial property department in development practice . |
| 22 | Anything that lowers the overall casualty count will work in the favour of your deep Mobs . |
| 23 | I shall be the director but you will work in the way you 're used to and as you think fit . |
| 24 | There is also an entry level as trainee busboy where the trainee will work in the staff dining room under the supervision of a head waiter , when considered competent they will be transferred to the restaurant . |
| 25 | On modern chairs , pva woodworking adhesives will probably have been used , so the soaking or steaming process will take a lot longer ; however , it will work in the end . |
| 26 | Believe me , it will work in the end . |
| 27 | The Purchaser will normally expect warranties from all Vendors — whether or not they worked or will work in the business . |
| 28 | He says prisoners never have , or ever will work in the prison mail room . |
| 29 | You can work in the graphics mode and perform spreadsheet operations . |
| 30 | It is a type of book open to any would-be writer who feels he or she can work in the vein . |