Example sentences of "i [be] work [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At the moment he and I are working on a scheme which could wreck this political organisation for good . |
2 | I hope that it will come about under the Portuguese presidency , and I am working towards that end ; but it must be an end that does not discriminate against Scottish farmers or British farmers generally . |
3 | In an attempt to sharpen up the spongy brakes on my IIa , I am working on a process of elimination and the next venture was going to be flushing the system and changing the fluid . |
4 | The first four volumes have been publishes and I am working on the final volume , covering chiefly the First World War . |
5 | At the moment , I am working on a novel and the kitchen table has on it only the ancient German electric typewriter which I use to type out the second draft of what I have already written by hand . |
6 | I am working on the contract for the rest of the Grapevine package and will be sending you ( and John Statham ? ) drafts for your consideration in the near future . |
7 | He said , ‘ I am working on Randolph Henry Ash . |
8 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
9 | I still add to subjects that are particularly in my line — playground games like marbles , tops and balls — as at the moment I am working on a book about children 's play . |
10 | I am working on a replacement for him as it does not look as though he will be available until June . ’ |
11 | Sainsbury worker Toni Madsen said : ‘ I am working on Sundays because I need the money . |
12 | Having made the Hannover picture I thought it would be nice to have a smaller version , so I now have a two-metre square version on canvas , also painted with Scanachrome , and I am working on the area of the television screen in a more painterly manner than I was able to use on the large one . |
13 | I am working on another case . |
14 | If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose . |
15 | ‘ I am working on a new system in the computer industry . |
16 | I am working on my Masters degree in oceanography . |
17 | The set that I am working with has the standard black finish , but the all-bright is available . |
18 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
19 | With such a wide definition , it might be more useful to consider what this leaves out , rather than what it includes — which gets us back to the categories I am working with here : it excludes inheritance and invention . |
20 | ‘ I am working with the local police , yes . |
21 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
22 | I am working with them on what can be done to help them as soon as possible . ’ |
23 | I am working for Kenamun ’ . |
24 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
25 | I am working within it . |
26 | Now that I am working in Edinburgh you could call this brief report a ‘ Capital Update ’ ! |
27 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
28 | Who will I be working for ? |
29 | ‘ Why should I be working for anyone ? ’ |
30 | I 'm working for an edition of Randolph Henry Ash . ’ |