Example sentences of "work [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er w he used to work between er you know , do do do odd jobs , |
| 2 | Even taking an ethologist 's view that young men are fighting animals who need to work off aggression harmlessly in play — a sweeping and contentious assumption — we st ill have to account for the specific form of football hooliganism since the 1960s . |
| 3 | He will not , though , be able to work off the remaining seven games until he joins a new club . |
| 4 | Frenzied attempts to work off the festive flab can lead to muscle and tendon injuries as people try to do too much too quickly . |
| 5 | You have to work off what you can get . |
| 6 | Physical exercise also has the capacity to be used to attempt to control emotional feelings , to work off the calories consumed in food and to control body size . |
| 7 | They rode together , hawked together , played chess together , and to work off the convalescent 's stiffness as his wounds healed , essayed a little mild sword-play together . |
| 8 | It was no longer , as one captain from a large fleet remarked to me , enough to give crews videos to watch and gymnasiums in which to work off steam while on board . |
| 9 | The results of this policy are clear each day on Radio and Television : correspondents have more outlets for their wares — we can cover a wider range of stories — and we can spare people to work off rota on stories that will break new fresh ground . |
| 10 | When you plan your programme , start with the social and personal free time for shopping or relaxation that the participants ought to have to encourage their brains to work during the meaty sessions . |
| 11 | Allen , a fitness nut , was once photographed in pinstripe suit windsurfing down the Thames to get to work during a transport strike . |
| 12 | Although many part-time workers are used , and others migrate into the region to work during the holiday season , many become unemployed for over half the year . |
| 13 | Evening courses were arranged on all sorts of subjects , which we as shift workers were unfortunately not able to take advantage of fully , as we had to work during the evenings . |
| 14 | Like brownies , they prefer to work during daylight hours and snooze in a warm spot by the hearth during the day , only hoping for a bowl of milk as payment for their labours . |
| 15 | Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health . |
| 16 | Joanne , however , goes out to work during the day and is out nearly every night , while her mother looks after her eight-month-old daughter , so they spend little time together . |
| 17 | It is this bracing action which allows the legs to work during the forward swing . |
| 18 | Difficulties in negotiating wage rates led to the controversial recruitment of labourers from St Vincent to work during the harvest . |
| 19 | The challenge involves a variety of modes of transport and the time taken for a particular journey , typically a journey to work during the rush hour . |
| 20 | However , the Japanese Energy Agency later admitted that an emergency pressure release valve had failed to work during the shutdown process , forcing technicians to use a back-up water sprinkler system . |
| 21 | His civil status also means he can choose whether or not he wants to work during his sentence . |
| 22 | Trying to feel better by using more never seems to work for long . |
| 23 | I think you have to see what the system is and then see how you get it to work for yourself . |
| 24 | Maybe he thinks being a Sergeant in the Engineers makes him too good to work for ordinary folk . |
| 25 | I 've only eight working years left now and with all my savings gone , I simply ca n't afford to work for nothing . |
| 26 | Jay had never known it to work for more than weeks . |
| 27 | Here your training intensity is such that you are pushed to work for one minute , let alone the 20 required for aerobic training ! |
| 28 | If we can not beat the system , how can we get it to work for us ? |
| 29 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 30 | Much difficulty could be avoided if the only candidates permitted to work for a PhD were those who were virtually certain to obtain it , but that is not a feasible option in the modern university . |