Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But like everything else they 'll only work with the cooperations of of the of the er motoring public . |
| 2 | One hundred erm maybe it 'll only work with the times , generally on scientific ones , they do n't use the percent |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll never work for the government again . |
| 4 | But I 'll tell you this , ’ she glared at him , her heart pounding , ‘ I 'd rather work around the clock to get the money back to my father in time than spend one minute longer than I have to with a selfish , bad-tempered misery who was obviously born an expert at everything . ’ |
| 5 | But Miss could only work for the doctors . |
| 6 | She was built to keep the docks at Gloucester and Sharpness free from silt but could also work in the River Severn outside Sharpness Lock and on the west bank of the river at Lydney docks . |
| 7 | At the same time , Nos. 1E , 2E and 3E , were taken out of service for a short time , to receive a small modification — they were fitted with spare sets of track brake equipment , so that they could subsequently work to the Crystal Palace . |
| 8 | The growth of private home-ownership and car-ownership , reduction in the number of voters dependent on council housing , expansion of self-employment ( up from 1.9 million to 3 million between 1979 and 1989 ) and of employment in the private sector , and a fall in the public-sector employment , may also work against the party . |
| 9 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 10 | The idea was that the pupils would just work through the sheets , working out the answers . |
| 11 | The circle of friends and acquaintances with which the farm worker surrounded himself consisted predominantly of other farm workers , both at work — where , as we have seen , workers were far more gregarious than they are today — and in the village , where most of their neighbours would also work on the land . |
| 12 | Years later , he came home with his right arm blown off by a shell , and ragged lungs after a poison-gas attack : he would never work on the docks again . |
| 13 | This will only work with the rig inclined back in the sailing position , otherwise it may be necessary to use one hand on the mast . |
| 14 | In fact , it 's possible to argue the reverse ; that the commercial exploitation of his intuitions will ultimately work to the advantage of his reputation . |
| 15 | A dealer will occasionally work against the system , making his clients money against the odds . |
| 16 | Ultimately , this state of affairs can only work to the advantage of our trainees , who will come out at the end of their programme with an eminently marketable collection of skills . |
| 17 | As the Welsh policy says , the internal market can only work on the basis of a high level of integration of technology . |
| 18 | But one senior RUC officer said : ‘ We can only work within the law . |
| 19 | Whereas-it was common in their own time for the Teddy Boys to be contrasted with a nostalgically remembered state of pre-existing harmony ‘ twenty years ago ’ or ‘ before the war ’ , given the real horror which greeted their arrival we can perhaps only marvel at the way in which the nostalgic trick of amnesia can now work in the Teds ' favour . |
| 20 | Computer-supported collaborative workgroups , on scattered sites , can interactively work on the development of major projects , such as Computer Aided Software Engineering ( CASE ) , or international engineering design projects , such as the European Fighter Aircraft ( EFA ) , in an online environment . |