Example sentences of "work it out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR SPREADSHEET TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOU .
2 He spoke hesitantly as though trying to work it out for himself .
3 You 've got to work it out on the basis of ten miles not on the basis of five miles .
4 So , sure , we do need rote-learning , we do need to be able to say ‘ Three times four is twelve ’ , we must n't have to work it out on our fingers .
5 Mother used to say he had to work it out of his system .
6 I do n't use models so I really have to work it out from memory or imagination .
7 I do n't use models so I really have to work it out from memory or imagination .
8 It would be easier to work it out from this would n't it ?
9 You obviously have to work it out in some way , but you seem able to arrive at the answer almost instantly .
10 So we 've drawn the graph and now we do n't have to keep calcul I mean this is easy it' probably easier to work it out in your head then to especially with these figures .
11 Just trying to work it out in my head he 'd be
12 So that 's one tenth and that 's one tenth and then what I 'd like you to do is work it out as a fraction what fraction of how many degrees would it be if you had a tenth of three hundred and sixty degrees , how many degrees would that come to ?
13 The child will work it out on his fingers and get the right answer .
14 ‘ Nothing feels right and all I can do is try and work it out for myself .
15 Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon .
16 ‘ I 'm sure you can work it out for yourself , Miss Varna . ’
17 The imagery might be such that you can work it out for yourself ( e.g. always in pursuit of a partner but never quite catching him or her ! ) .
18 ‘ But you 'd best work it out for yourself . ’
19 But she did n't want Uncle Albert explaining it to her when she got back if she could work it out for herself .
20 ‘ And maybe he 's guessed I 'll put you onto him , or that you 'll just work it out for yourselves , so he 's settling old scores while he can , before they 're warned , too . ’
21 ‘ But I 'm sure you can work it out for yourself if you apply enough thought . ’
22 So they can do it from they can work it out for themselves actually .
23 After appearing in two warehouses and a mill on tour , I am sure you can work it out for yourself . ’
24 And when you see them you can think , ah that would be same as what I was doing in that one , and you can work it out for yourselves .
25 This method has the added advantage that , because it will be possible to subtract all the lower numbers without carrying anything at all , you can work it out from left to right .
26 So we arranged that I would let the name drop and you 'd work it out from there . ’
27 I knew though that they 'd work it out in the end so I was on the look-out for a new job .
28 When we worked it out as an average that the sheer monitoring and chasing quotes or following up quotes erm and just preparing the documentation , we were n't convinced that was the case at all .
29 ‘ I worked it out during my second week here .
30 I worked it out for myself . ’
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