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‘A person may do work.’

[⟨det person.ndo.v (k work.n)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I’m in CS right now, so it almost looks like I’m doing work.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Feeling in a complete slump, at the moment, really – and whilst doing this, feeling terrible because I should be doing work.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I listen to music when? I’m doing work in class.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A character who doesn’t interact with others or is unsocial makes me feel like I’m doing twice as much work trying to get a response out of them, and is therefore wasting my time.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You might not have the energy to complete 10 reps of each exercise You might have to lower the weights of one or both exercises in order to complete them You may become more sore the next day because your body is being stimulated in ways it’s not used to you burn more fat and build more muscle By doing supersets, you’re simply doing more work in the given time as well as stimulating your body in new ways.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You are doing actual legal work and doing secretary work is obviously beneath your skill and ability.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If you would quit working, chances are you weren’t doing work in the first place.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Any noise is distracting when I’m doing work!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s been said that if you’re doing great work, you’re not afraid of criticism, and as I research community best practices, I find that we’re a little behind on classing the joint up a bit.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

OK? this probably won’t interest you if you’re not doing academic work, but for all you students and researchers out there, listen up!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I should be doing more work than I am… but I am not… actually what I really should be getting done in my laundry, which is currently sitting quite dank and wet in the laundry room.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My boss told me to spend about half a day on each position with the respective supervisors… and since one always assumes I’m doing work for the other, I essentially get by without working. gasp!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I have been doing heaps more work in the gym and it is paying off.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My junior year is not fun at all, I’m doing so much work I don’t even have TIME to see my friends.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But then you said you were doing dental work (?) in Nuevo?
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In Wikipedia:

Anandan meets Kalpana again while she is doing social work after a while, and sends his assistant (Delhi Ganesh) to bring her back.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m doing prep work right now.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sometimes you are doing just as much work in the source code, in front of the reader, in terms of genuine complexity, in that one line as you would do in those 20 lines of Java.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(I’m doing work – study, but it’s only 8 hours a week) And we’ll be coming back probably late Saturday.
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Queried on 2013-06-19.