Example sentences of "n't work [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | On my 486 clone it would n't work without the battery , so I guess my cheapo serial port was n't up to scratch . |
2 | The show would n't work without the back-up crew . |
3 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
4 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
5 | No , no , it does n't work to the same standards does it ? |
6 | Unless the manager represents a big artist , he or she would n't work with the record company 's senior directors . |
7 | Wayne wrote from the location in Japan to his wife Pilar back home , ‘ I ca n't work with the son-of-a-bitch . ’ |
8 | The punchcards in the basic packs which are marked for colour changing are for manual yarn changing , where it is the pattern that is intended to change ; so these wo n't work with the colour changer either . |
9 | They do n't work with the community , they work against the community . |
10 | No so it would n't so it would n't work would n't work with the fives . |
11 | ‘ She does n't work with the wheel . |
12 | You could n't work with the lights you see |
13 | Yes , I think it does something really nasty , you know , you could have got in again and just been sort of whiter than white just does n't work with the er , |
14 | But it would n't work with the |
15 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
16 | The central locking does n't work on the boot ; it remained unlocked for two months before Darren realised . |
17 | There are two sons but the elder one 's no good and wo n't work on the farm . |
18 | if we do n't work on the strategy that I 've been suggesting |
19 | did n't work on the machinery so much . |
20 | Women do n't work on the land in this country . |
21 | He was rather perturbed that his in-bleeper would n't work on the train 's radiophone . ) |
22 | Well no I do n't work on the nights anyway , you know we 're full time so full time just do n't work nights |
23 | erm Yes , now if we get to about half way down there 's a plus in the margin , and the third line in the bracket below that plus , more or less on a level with a three dot , and a little bit below , it says , William , I think it 's Wilkinson , a minister , curate of St Ebbe 's Parish , ‘ his answer that he must attend the burials and christenings ’ , so obviously he could n't work on the fortifications . |
24 | They did n't work for the Labour Party , which failed to persuade the voters of the value of self-sacrifice . |
25 | ‘ They wo n't work for the moment . |
26 | But they 're still better off than the other Arabs , the ones that do n't work for the French . |
27 | You do n't work for the KGB by any chance ? ’ |
28 | She does n't work for the company at all ? |
29 | " I do n't work for the company any more , " I answered . |
30 | Management by objectives , says Wrapp , may work at lower levels of the organization where tasks and accountabilities are well defined , but they do n't work at the top . |