Example sentences of "they be at work " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems no good reason why women who employ someone to help with their youngsters while they are at work should not get tax relief on the wages they pay . |
| 2 | But it is also due partly to less creditable reasons : women 's wages and the benefits they can draw for their children when they are at work are generally lower here ; and day care for children is scarcer and poorer than in many other countries . |
| 3 | Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work . |
| 4 | Thirty-five per cent of men , feel most masculine when they 're at work , especially richer men , those enjoying the most sexual activity and those who regularly cheat on their partners . |
| 5 | Yeah but if they 're if they 're , if they 're at work during that period of time |
| 6 | On the twenty seven part-time stations where the people are not on the station , they 're at home , they 're at work or elsewhere , each one carries a little alerter with them , erm tiny little gadget in his pocket , and by means of this erm radio communication I was talking about earlier , by pressing the right button for the appropriate station , er er it triggers off these alerters and the men respond to that call , come to the fire station , where the telephone is live waiting for them and the message is passed on that way . |
| 7 | They 're at work |
| 8 | No they 're at work all day |
| 9 | Well he has n't given me them , they 're at work . |
| 10 | Cos I mean that 's something because they 're at work they build up with |
| 11 | So married woman 's like if their husband left them and they 're at work well how do they , how are they covered ? |
| 12 | See they used to get the , they used t what they call they used to report for work at say quarter past seven in the morning and then they be at work at half past seven , but now of course they do n't now , they , I think they start about eight o'clock now . |