Sentence examples for at work picking from inspiring English sources

Mr Bo's case is intended to show the rule of law at work, picking out a bad apple.

She had always worked, but relied on her mother to help her with childcare while she was at work, picking up her children from nursery, particularly after she split up from their father.

To help you wade through all the offerings coming at us, our writers have been hard at work picking the very best theater coming to New York City this season.

Before daybreak, rain or shine every Wednesday, farmers from San Luis Obispo to San Diego are hard at work, picking and packing fresh produce and then hitting the road for Santa Monica's open-air market, the largest of more than 100 in the state.

Our panel of expert judges, including New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan and renowned New York chef Dan Barber, is hard at work picking this year's winners.

He had dropped out of school at 17 to work picking crops.

"I'm just trying to build some sort of bridge," she said of her work, picking at a slice of Oreo cookie cake.

Every day, about a half-dozen staffers report to work, picking at salads and pecking away on laptops, sending messages to the campaigns across the country to which they are assigned.

He was born in Turrell, Arkansas, and put to work picking cotton at eight years old.

Conservators used bamboo spatulas to peel them off, and went back in with tweezers for detail work, picking away at fibers that remained tacked onto the surface.

"This is a way for writers to have people from the industry and from the self-publishing world look at their work, pick out the best, and give them a bit more of a fair chance".