Example sentences of "[coord] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’ |
| 2 | Whether these craftsmen were independent or worked under the aegis of the temple , which was close at hand , is hard to judge . |
| 3 | Train for agility with fast shadow-boxing , or work on the punch bag . |
| 4 | Was he , as I originally suspected in Salamanca , an FBI agent or working for the CIA ? ft was a mystery I had no longer any wish to clear up . |
| 5 | As I walked out of another final-year class at fox Primary , the pupils were building complex models out of balsawood or working on the theories of gearing with big pieces of plastic Meccano . |
| 6 | There are no reliable figures of unemployment , because no effort is made to distinguish between job-seekers who are available for work and those who are still at school or college , or working on the family-farm . |
| 7 | One of the chief pleasures was seeing the reunion of many people who had first-hand experience of travelling or working on the Line , and met against after many years . |
| 8 | the Directors be authorised to establish any further employee share option scheme which they consider appropriate for employees of the Company or any subsidiary or associate of the Company who are resident or working outside the United Kingdom , provided that : |
| 9 | However , the burgeoning folk revival of the 50s and 60s offered her a welcome release , and eventually she won a respected place in the circuit of folk festivals and folksong clubs , singing material not only from her mother 's repertoire but also from a personal ‘ collection ’ gathered when hawking , or working at the tatties . |
| 10 | The discharges from its nuclear stations into the air and the sea were very strictly controlled , the effects on the environment were regularly monitored ( not only by the Board but by the Agriculture and Environment Ministries ) and the estimates of radiation doses received by the most ‘ exposed ’ people — living or working near the sites — were made ‘ with considerable pessimism ’ . |
| 11 | Will there be more than one of you cooking or working in the kitchen at any one time ? |
| 12 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 13 | Have you ever had an accident while DIYing or working in the garden ? |
| 14 | Members are appointed by the President from those considered to ‘ have knowledge or experience of conditions in the area and to be representative of persons living or working in the area ’ ( Social Security Act 1975 , Sched. 10 , para. ( 2 ) ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Everyone living or working in the area will not only have the opportunity to say what improvements they want but will also be able to participate in planning discussions ’ . |
| 16 | The important thing to emphasize is that women are given the opportunity to participate in all areas of work and that there exists a definite attempt to organize and train women for tasks outside the domestic sphere , One finds many women who are in charge of supplies , or working in the munition workshops , in tailoring , shoe-making , pottery or local manufactures , such as hammocks and so on . |
| 17 | The right to ask a court to fix the amount they have to pay for services or works on the grounds that these have not been provided to a reasonable standard or at a reasonable cost . |
| 18 | Organiser Pat Devey , of the Ferries Project , said : ‘ Anyone who lives or works in the area will be welcome . ’ |
| 19 | Significantly , it was also agreed that the two leaders would jointly tour the violence-affected areas , and that structures would be set up to convey the strategy to the grass-roots level , and to work towards the rehabilitation of the stricken communities . |
| 20 | They rode together , hawked together , played chess together , and to work off the convalescent 's stiffness as his wounds healed , essayed a little mild sword-play together . |
| 21 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 22 | The TTF undertook to encourage both members and non-members to be aware of where supplies came from , to ensure that timber was bought from suppliers that were committed to " sustainable " resources wherever possible , and to work for the implementation of forest management schemes . |
| 23 | If a mistake is made , it is best policy to admit it quickly and to work with the client and one 's colleagues to resolve it as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Because they believed — and we had better believe it also — that if they could make individuals conscious only of the need for personal gratification , they would have neither desire nor energy to combine and work for the downfall of the enemy . |
| 25 | So it seemed a fairly straightforward move to go and work for the family firm . |
| 26 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 28 | I wonder why he did n't go and work at the bank ? ’ |
| 29 | Whatever the justification there may have been in the past , when a high degree of ability may have been necessary to acquire and work at the trade , that reason has forever passed away if it ever was more than a trade gild superstition . |
| 30 | Like the Swiss , they combine a strong sense of national identity with a cheerful willingness to live and work outside the homeland . |