Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [prep] work " in BNC.

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1 For this reason , parents are always welcome to see their children at work in our school .
2 A strong bond based on a frankness about his own lifestyle was formed between father and daughter as she developed into a quietly studious girl who enjoyed her excursions to visit her father at work on the film sets .
3 Inventing farfetched excuses , she left me trapped in her flat and made no attempt to help me look for work .
4 It took her no more than four minutes to elucidate what kind of work he did in his lodgings .
5 If I was to pop my clogs at work or any time you 'd get fifty five thousand eight hundred eighty pounds .
6 Are n't you going to do your bit of work please ?
7 When I have problems with my wife or one of the children , I have to make considerable effort to keep my mind on work , I assure you . ’
8 Garvey , anxious to keep their line of work secret , met him at the foot of the ladder with whispered protests and badly disguised anger .
9 ‘ Were you going out ? ’ inquired Miss Coldharbour with her customary detachment , as though it were in Julia 's power to determine her hours of work .
10 You will have to consider which type of work interests you before you decide where to apply for training .
11 Jackie goes upstairs to phone her husband at work , so that he might make a trip to the shops before visiting hour .
12 Sch 2 provides that an employee who has been continuously employed for a period of not less than two years shall have , as at present , the right to postpone her return to work for up to 29 weeks — with the possibility of an extension of four weeks if there is incapacity and medical evidence .
13 Today I would like you to consider your attitude towards work .
14 Now the teachers tend to describe their places of work as ‘ mass institutions ’ where students register and drift into and out of courses at will and with little supervision .
15 Information about journeys actually made by people of a given kind is used to assess what journeys to work are acceptable to such people by various means of transport .
16 She tried to get her mind to work , looking up at his face .
17 Ireland does n't own a large collection of modern masterpieces , and with a small budget can not afford to expand its stocks of work .
18 It emerged yesterday that he was made bankrupt two weeks ago today for failing to pay his solicitors for work they had done .
19 Work out ways to raise your status at work and adopt a high profile when it comes to thinking through professional matters and sharing ideas with the people that matter .
20 Because , let's face it , if we 're all one economy it is n't a level playing field if one country is inviting in erm companies er You know , transnationals , the lot , on the promise it 's cheaper to get our workers to work for you , you do n't have to pay out for this .
21 did n't he ? , perhaps he 's going to take his wife to work
22 As a result , their neighbour is for them not only a potential helper or sexual object , but also someone who tempts them to satisfy their aggressiveness on him , to exploit his capacity for work without compensation , to use him sexually without his consent , to seize his possessions , to humiliate him , to cause him pain , to torture and to kill him .
23 Here are some guidelines which you should follow in order to improve your comfort during work with visual display units :
24 ‘ It 's a good way to take your mind off work , ’ he says .
25 Use the first visit to take visitors on a tour of the school to introduce them to people and , most importantly , to show them children at work .
26 In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy …
27 This is the foundation for a true theology of the working relationship , without which there are no practical principles to which Christians can appeal to make their approach to work ( and its conflicts and difficulties ) any different from the non-Christian world .
28 After that , the dust will begin to settle and you must settle your differences , too , since you will need all the support you can muster to make your mark at work or make life more financially secure .
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