Example sentences of "work [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rode together , hawked together , played chess together , and to work off the convalescent 's stiffness as his wounds healed , essayed a little mild sword-play together . |
| 2 | Physical exercise also has the capacity to be used to attempt to control emotional feelings , to work off the calories consumed in food and to control body size . |
| 3 | Allen , a fitness nut , was once photographed in pinstripe suit windsurfing down the Thames to get to work during a transport strike . |
| 4 | However , the Japanese Energy Agency later admitted that an emergency pressure release valve had failed to work during the shutdown process , forcing technicians to use a back-up water sprinkler system . |
| 5 | Although many part-time workers are used , and others migrate into the region to work during the holiday season , many become unemployed for over half the year . |
| 6 | The challenge involves a variety of modes of transport and the time taken for a particular journey , typically a journey to work during the rush hour . |
| 7 | Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health . |
| 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 | Difficulties in negotiating wage rates led to the controversial recruitment of labourers from St Vincent to work during the harvest . |
| 10 | Evening courses were arranged on all sorts of subjects , which we as shift workers were unfortunately not able to take advantage of fully , as we had to work during the evenings . |
| 11 | I understand that the Committee will be asked to work for a decision by Easter . |
| 12 | On the majority view the defendant was actually left free to work for a subsidiary of GUS which was not involved in the mail order business in the United Kingdom even though that would have been in clear breach of the restriction . |
| 13 | confirming their readiness to reinforce security , in particular by adopting effective arms control , disarmament and confidence-building measures ; their willingness not to regard each another as adversaries but to work for a relationship of trust and co-operation ; and accordingly their readiness to consider positively the setting up of appropriate institutional arrangements within the framework of the CSCE ; |
| 14 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
| 15 | Next step was London to work for a shipping company and to play rugby for Blackheath . |
| 16 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 17 | The talks produced agreement in principle on Feb. 3 to work for a ceasefire by Feb. 15 and for the release by March 1 of all hostages taken by rival Azerbaijani and Armenian militias , and to establish permanent relations between the two organizations . |
| 18 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |
| 19 | Richard was born in 1862 in Thwaite and when he was twenty years old or so he left Swaledale to work for a London publishing firm . |
| 20 | And Ray er Mr from Nottingham says , I used to work for a circus , I 'm an animal lover and all the animals I saw were treated very well . |
| 21 | Helen Hards , produce section manager , worked at Bishops Stortford store for two years , left to work for a competitor and returned to JS at the new Apsley Mills branch . |
| 22 | Plus , coming to Malta to work for a while had seemed the ideal opportunity , the perfect excuse quietly to check up on her mother , reassure herself that all was well … |
| 23 | The master , A. D. Lindsay ( later first Baron Lindsay of Birker , q.v. ) , encouraged him to work for a spell ( 1927–8 ) at a Quaker settlement for the unemployed in the Rhondda Valley — an experience which made a deep impression . |
| 24 | Acquiring a good interview technique is as important for people employing one person to work directly for them as it is for those who will be taking on large numbers to work for a company . |
| 25 | Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that recognises this need , there are basically two options available for that initial promotion . |
| 26 | ‘ It was important to involve our employees and one of the interesting factors to emerge was that 88.8 per cent of them said they would be proud to work for a company with an environmental policy . ’ |
| 27 | Fletcher moved to California to work for a US offshoot , International Motor Sales Inc . |
| 28 | Many had to work for a year under the threat of the axe and even those who survived continue to live in a climate of insecurity , not knowing when the next rationalisation programme is likely to be introduced . |
| 29 | She had planned to work for a year in England then take a post-graduate certificate in education at London University before going home to do her officer training in Australia . |
| 30 | If they did not and Harris had been free to work for a GUS company which was not in the mail order business he could still have passed Littlewoods ' business secrets back to the mail order companies because of the structure of the GUS group . |