Example sentences of "go [adv prt] work [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 All too often husbands actually prevented their wives from coming to the picket line and there were cases where parents-in-law forced women to go on working for the sort of reasons described in Chapter 6 .
2 It was the coldest winter for years , but Tess and Marian had to go on working in the snow .
3 Next month he travels to Nuremburg to do parish work before going on to work in the archives in the Papal capital .
4 Very often pupils will benefit from the opportunity to see and handle , and discuss a few selected artefacts at close hand , before going on to work in the display galleries .
5 I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’
6 At last , the morning came when Oliver was allowed to go out to work with the two other boys .
7 If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time .
8 Joanne , however , goes out to work during the day and is out nearly every night , while her mother looks after her eight-month-old daughter , so they spend little time together .
9 Your Committee will , of course , go on working for the continuation of the Line , but we need your help and your influence — GO BY TRAIN , TRAVEL ON THE HEART OF WALES LINE .
10 In 1916 , when her daughter Carrie 's husband was killed at the Somme , she managed that too , looking after the three-year old my mother , so that Carrie could go on working at the mill .
11 He put one hand out ; she put out hers and gripped his forearm , looked up briefly and made a noise which might have been " thanks " , and went on working at the strap of her shoe .
12 He did not look up as Harry approached , but went on working with the zeal and single-mindedness of one who is totally absorbed .
13 With the dropping of 11 days , the old March 25 became April 5 , and tax collectors went on working from the old day with its new date .
14 And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear .
15 She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece .
16 McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable .
17 Oliphant , who was also knighted , went on to work on the atomic bomb , and subsequently returned to his native South Australia , where he became Governor .
18 Peter Morgan had no complaints , however , and went on to work in the hotels and restaurants of the Lyons empire .
19 ‘ Robert did n't say I must go back to work after the baby ’ , Lucy told me , ‘ but he began to be reluctant about switching on electric fires and looking disapproving if I did ’ .
20 Having eaten her lunch quickly , Tess went back to work with the harvesters in the cornfield until it was dark .
21 And really it was no joking matter : across the bridge John Chapman , nephew to a Market Place shoemaker , went back to work in the shop too soon after the flood , caught a chill in the process , and died in the April , aged just twenty-one .
22 Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health .
23 The women go out to work in the same way as other women , but know that their main priority in life is to care for their families .
24 If you go back to work before the end of 28 weeks and are then absent again , Statutory Sick Pay will be payable for each period of absence until your 28 weeks ' entitlement has been exhausted , provided you have not been back at work for more than 8 weeks .
25 One woman described how she had gone back to work after the death of her husband , determined to be brave .
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