Example sentences of "work at " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be ready to work at all times . |
| 2 | But in justice I think a society needs civil divorce and that the real concern of the Church and the community should be to work at understanding prevention . |
| 3 | That is why it is important to work at night , he wrote . |
| 4 | Our perception of the pub has to work at a number of levels — mostly obvious , but nonetheless worth clarifying . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 6 | He was one of six chosen from a brigade of 40 to accompany Quinn when he then left to work at Ettington Park , Staffordshire . |
| 7 | About three weeks after I started looking , I came upon an advertisement for a receptionist to work at a local authority office building , not too far from my new home . |
| 8 | Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary . |
| 9 | Using anti-friction materials developed for space , excavators can be made to work at very low temperatures without lubrication , while materials developed for Buran are ideal for artificial limbs and , in particular , hip joints . |
| 10 | I 'm not looking to work at the CFTC issue within the AFBD . |
| 11 | To quote : ‘ The nature and demands may neccessitate you to work at times other than your normal hours . |
| 12 | Because of the nature of his studies he was sent to work at the Esso refinery at Fawley . |
| 13 | To work at that speed we ca n't even drink a cup of tea . |
| 14 | In the early days of the strike Jayaben Desai , perhaps Britain 's best known Asian trade unionist , described to me what it had been like when she came to work at Grunwick in the mail order department : |
| 15 | Some of us have to work at night and sleep during the day . |
| 16 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |
| 17 | Sir Laurie Barratt of Barratt 's Homes set his architects to work at once and , after a few initial hiccups , the message has filtered through . |
| 18 | He got down to work at once and even found another couple , both teachers , who wanted to ‘ settle up ’ in Church . |
| 19 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 20 | I have to work at keeping slim and limit my favourite food , a Cuban recipe of fried bananas ! |
| 21 | ‘ I had n't planned to work at all . ’ |
| 22 | You have to work at thrift . |
| 23 | ’ , ‘ Comfortable woman needed , good with children … ’ , when the thought came to me that , with a roof over my head and just about enough money to live on , there was no real need for me to work at all . |
| 24 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 25 | The bigger the event , the harder you will have to work at crowd-pulling and the earlier you will have to start to build up the interest . |
| 26 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 27 | In 1929 he went to Paris to work at the Pasteur Institute . |
| 28 | They should also be in frequent contact with all of the somewhat numerous organisations involved in the rural development of the Western Isles , and with the admirable young people who have come back from the mainland to work at the grass-roots level . |
| 29 | Roberts ' student days coincided with the depression and to finance his studies he had to work at night and on Saturdays in a bakery store . |
| 30 | When he came to work at lunchtime , his first question was : ‘ How goes it ? |