Example sentences of "work the street " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvia agreed to work the streets for him on the understanding he would find out what she wanted to know . |
| 2 | They expected me to live on supplementary benefit so I was having to work the street , trying to get my house together . |
| 3 | She does not work the streets , but puts ads in newspapers and leaves cards in London telephone boxes . |
| 4 | For ten years she worked the streets — you know , giving head and hand at a dollar a dick . |
| 5 | I still needed money so I had to carry on working the streets . |
| 6 | So , I was back working the streets to buy my drugs . |
| 7 | One day I was out working the streets , I went with this punter and I went back to his place . |
| 8 | Wander through Lusaka 's red-light district after nightfall , witness the scores of prostitutes working the streets , imagine the formidable health hazard in a region stricken by AIDS — and you can see why voluntary organizations are joining forces to combat this seedy trade . |