Example sentences of "[v-ing] work [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And I think he 's going to work out the other two and then go on to this forget the name of it at the moment , this bank
2 Having worked out the general layout , the main outlines of the plants and substrates and so on were drawn in with the washes of the appropriate colours .
3 Having worked out the desirable size of interest categories , the McClellan system then evolves a way of monitoring the stock within them .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 The idea of trying to work out an optimum ratio is interesting , and we should like to think about it further .
7 It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future .
8 A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way .
9 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 .
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