Sentence examples for be at work for from inspiring English sources

However, other hands will be at work for the show.

He was cheerful and relaxed; he did not have to be at work for a while.

"But I couldn't pretend to be at work for days on end," he said.

The diggers could be at work for weeks at several ranches scattered in the desert south of the city.

Lawyers will be at work for years trying to trace the ownership of the paintings.Meanwhile Mr Gurlitt, who is about 80, remains at large.

I cycle, so depending on how far I have to go that day, I wake up at about 6 30am, ready to be at work for 9am.

These established that workers on call (doctors, for instance) are "at work" for the purposes of working-time rules.

But N.F.L. players and coaches are at work for far more hours than baseball players.

It's 11pm on Saturday night and I've been at work for four hours.

Such defensive techniques reinforce pressures of social fragmentation that have been at work for decades.

Instead, a rather vicious cycle has been at work for years.