Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] work on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect you to work on the assignments you owe me at home ! |
| 2 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 3 | I noted him working on the machinery while we were waiting to ascend . |
| 4 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 5 | Or , if you insist on hanging around the office , they will set you to work on the accounts of charities . |
| 6 | Gould took the opportunity of taking Lear with him on this ornithological grand tour , and at some point managed to enlist him to work on the Birds of Europe with Mrs Gould . |
| 7 | And one day Uncle Edouard said he might let me work on the Aston Martin . |
| 8 | It was the same with the herring gutters that was here , I mind them working on the pier down here , and they all had their fingers tied up with Clotes There was the skill that work in this . |
| 9 | To Alex Harbury 's chagrin Riley would not let him work on the prison release dates story and sent him to interview a Girlie winner . |
| 10 | Design is both the practical business of fitting the type and illustrations to editorial imperatives ‘ making it work on the page ’ and the subtler business of giving the report the right feel and character . |
| 11 | But we think it is highly regrettable that economic development is being seen as an integral part of the war against terrorism , not least for those charged with making it work on the ground . |
| 12 | You 've worked am I right in saying , have you worked on the flats You 'd had contact had you , with people in the flats erm prior |
| 13 | To start off Changez 's career in the grocery business , Anwar instructed him to work on the till , where you could get by with only one arm and half a brain . |