Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] work " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , he 'd some work to do . ’
2 I 'd better go and do some work . ’
3 ‘ I guess I 'll go and do some work , ’ he said heavily .
4 The yawning attitude — " Well , I must go and do some work , I suppose " — can bring down students with good innate ability , while a steady and properly constructed programme can allow those with only mediocre skill to maintain an excellent standard , and to have more free and unencumbered time for the social and sporting facets of a full college life .
5 Anyway , better do some work .
6 Will have to go and do some work now .
7 right , I 'll shall go and do some work in the kitchen then the
8 I must go and do some work !
9 I 've got to go and do some work
10 They are being engaged in activities which have a direct relevance to work they are already involved in , and which they can see are designed to help them do this work more effectively .
11 Nuadu had said that the Robemaker and CuRoi took sacrifices from the ordinary people of Ireland ; strong young sons to work at the Looms , although presumably they would not actually do this work themselves .
12 Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’
13 And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views .
14 And she used to do that work .
15 ‘ Not tonight , Father , I 'm staying on to do some work .
16 True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates .
17 So how did that work then if , if if the look out could spot some aircraft
18 Erm I did that work you asked me to do .
19 But because Mrs did that work with you yesterday you did not do your history work , so I 'm going to talk to you a bit and ask you some questions about the tiny bit we talked about to do with Roman Britain and how the Romans invaded Britain two thousand years ago .
20 How did that work out ?
21 He wrote plays and sent them off to West End managements and kept writing when they were rejected : he did some work as a freelance writer , producer and actor on BBC Radio which had studios in Cardiff .
22 Coburn was a solicitor who did some work for the defendant , Colledge , in 1889 .
23 Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work .
24 ‘ Well , I think it 's about time you did some work .
25 ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’
26 Mark Williams , freelancing out of It , did some work , and fresh out of Oxford , Jonathon Green was trying to get a job in Fleet Street .
27 We did some work on blood and the heart .
28 He did some work for A V Roe , erecting aeroplanes and preparing them for test and delivery flights .
29 So so he came along and did some work for us .
30 I know Chris was here doing doing his own calculations on books but after that I mean the I think on the Sunday I he came in and did some work .
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