work - use in sentences

Object

  • hour: Hours of Work/Working Arrangements The post holder will be contracted to work 37 hours per week.
  • day: And if you're out at work all day, make sure your home doesn't get too hot.

Converse of object

  • undertake: By removing operational and time constraints, rope access services are often able to extend the ' time window ' available to undertake work.
  • do: Early in 1941 [ aged 65 ] he began to do useful work.
  • start: My job requires a great amount of flexibility, including what time you might have to start work!
  • begin: Unfortunately, it is something you need to think about fairly soon after beginning work because some closing dates for courses are very early.

Adjective modifier

  • hard: We thank Clair for all her hard work in the past.

Adjective complement

  • hard: These organizations are generally not household names, and therefore often have to work twice as hard to secure the funding they need.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • through: Apply to the whole head of hair and work through to the tips.

Preposition: in

  • partnership: Schools and universities work in partnership and share responsibility for training and assessing trainee teachers.

Preposition: of

  • art: A great work of art can have no meaning.

Modifies a noun

  • placement: Where appropriate clients may attend college or work placements.
  • experience: It is simply based on the knowledge gained from a 30 year work experience with children of this age group.
  • permit: Secretaries and other administrative staff do require work permits.
  • colleague: You could see it like two work colleagues denying they were having a relationship and dating.

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