Example sentences of "they work [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nor can they work in bars or licensed canteens .
2 The teacher supported the group while they worked through topics and questions relating to kestrels which they might be able to pursue further .
3 George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well .
4 Yet his criticism has not , by and large , been for the tabloid newspapers whose standards fell to new lows during the 1980s ; instead , he has reserved his bile for investigative journalists , particularly if they worked for television , and for those newspaper reporters who decided to boycott his lobby briefings .
5 When children go into the countryside and visit farms , they will see that the conditions are completely different from those that their fathers may have seen when they worked on farms during their holidays — that was one of the great traditions of United Kingdom cities .
6 there were there were riveters deemed to be shell men , or riveters deemed to be er superstructure as you say , where they worked on cases etcetera .
7 Three additional parents reported that they worked on contract at nuclear sites and had been monitored for exposure to radiation before their child was diagnosed ( one father of a case , after conception ; one father of a control , before conception ; one mother of a control , before conception ) .
8 It was once owned by a cotton baron from Lancashire ; today it belongs to Brian and Ann who left Australia ( where they worked as wool buyers ) to fulfil their long-time ambition of opening their own hotel .
9 And my mother came from the farm along the shore and they were in the same position they worked with boats too .
10 Mrs Thatcher told her fellow summiteers that , in the end , it might be quicker and more secure if they worked with market forces in moving towards monetary union .
11 They worked at Holland worked with the hens and pigs , when I was there and the cattle .
12 Many subsequently returned to their homes , all over the Soviet Union , where the local doctors may not know that they worked at Chernobyl and may therefore not recognise subsequent cancers or other problems as radiation-linked .
13 It was sub-divided into units of fifteen men and they worked in squads consisting of one vehicle and from two to four men .
14 They worked in crews of four or six , striking a bargain with the quarrymaster for their own section of rock face .
15 They worked in stone and iron and brick .
16 All over Europe they worked in agriculture , producing food , while in Britain many were employed in the shipyards and in the coal fields .
17 They worked in silence until he said , ‘ Do you mind if I ask you something ? ’
18 They worked in silence for the next ten minutes , then Mike said : " Right .
19 Two Roman Catholics and a Protestant were shot dead on Nov. 15-16 as they left the factory where they worked in Craigavon , south west of Belfast .
20 Another Orton diary entry referred to a man complaining about the TV show being a ‘ fake ’ — presumably because he could see they worked from scripts .
21 Before the war all the important dealers were Jewish , and they worked from Berlin because it was the place of international business .
22 The workloads of advisory staff , and the physical circumstances in which they work at Merrion House , are unsatisfactory and should be reviewed .
23 They work at night because fewer people turn on the taps .
24 Although change may evolve slowly , problem-posing can be a nurturing process with people exploring visions and building community together as they work on problems .
25 As they work with poetry , children are able to reflect on what they know , to extend their understanding and to make new discoveries .
26 Both have raced and they work with love , ambition and perseverance — that ca n't be bought with money .
27 Critics suggest the wage bill element is excessive ; the church authorities argue that they work with people through people .
28 If they 're saying they work with people that are post sixteen and a special need , then they 'll have to identify those people and have to say , but th the
29 They work with children all the time , so they really know what they 're talking about . ’
30 They work with children who have behavioural and/or learning problems in school , administering tests ( traditional IQ testing used to be a central part of the job , but it is becoming less important ) and designing remedial work in conjunction with teachers .
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