Example sentences of "work [is] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | So mai you , you 're main , you 're main work 's actually done , is n't it ? |
| 2 | Work is also done among the handicapped , and special camps are sometimes held for handicapped children . |
| 3 | A lot of landscaping work is also done on the surrounding area to encourage walkers to follow the path . |
| 4 | Houses have been bought by local builders with plans to restore them , though in many such cases very little work is actually done . |
| 5 | No meaningful work is ever done in a crowd — that is amateur . |
| 6 | Bench work is mainly done here , but the system is that men engaged on each repair job come to No. 12 to do the actual woodworking involved . |
| 7 | This work is often done by an old man of many years experience . |
| 8 | Although no competition work is now done , the brigade lives up to its traditions of readiness and competence under Chief Officer E. Riley . |
| 9 | Most of his work is now done to commission , and deals with world issues such as the Arms Race and famines , subjects which Kennard feels can only be addressed by using ‘ more than a single click of the camera ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ The most urgent work is always done first . |
| 11 | ‘ A woman 's work is never done . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , eh ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , ’ Kelly quipped . |
| 14 | Moan , groan , a hunchback 's work is never done — oh well , I suppose I should try to get ahead . |
| 15 | Housework is described as a never-ending job — in the stock phrase ‘ a woman 's work is never done ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ : |
| 18 | We warned her that a wife 's work is never done . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Woman 's work is never done , ’ she said . |
| 21 | It was probably a Barbarian female who tried to make out that a woman 's work is never done . |
| 22 | 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 . |