Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] is [adv] do " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ A woman 's work is never done . ’ |
2 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , eh ? ’ |
3 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , ’ Kelly quipped . |
4 | Moan , groan , a hunchback 's work is never done — oh well , I suppose I should try to get ahead . |
5 | Housework is described as a never-ending job — in the stock phrase ‘ a woman 's work is never done ’ . |
6 | If I did it all day I would n't like it — woman 's work is never done , she 's on the go all the time — even before you go to bed , you 've still got something to do — emptying ashtrays , wash a few cups up . |
7 | This of course might be due to the fact that the sample as a whole has a long working week ; it certainly contradicts the impression given by the women themselves that ‘ women 's work is never done ’ : |
8 | We warned her that a wife 's work is never done . |
9 | as if to prove that a Shetlander 's work is never done , the same storms that sank the Braer and then cleaned away the oil caused erosion of the coast along the edge of the unexcavated portion of Jarlshof , and emergency coastal defences had to be installed prior to the provision of a permanent seawall . |
10 | ‘ Woman 's work is never done , ’ she said . |
11 | It was probably a Barbarian female who tried to make out that a woman 's work is never done . |
12 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
13 | Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the success of the Government 's policy is also to do with the banning of secondary picketing , which the Labour party would bring back with open arms ? |
14 | public servant and they 're pretty well prot protected erm John 's firm is simply doing extremely well in spite of the recession . |