Example sentences of "[verb] to work on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I do prefer to work on the er on a personal recommendations or referrals basis because that actually allows me to , to devote most of my time to my current clients without having to go out cold calling and looking for people . |
| 2 | Two policemen are killed during a break-in at the Presidio ( a San Francisco military base ) and a former military policeman ( Mark Harman ) is assigned to work on the case with his former commanding officer ( Sean Connery ) who he hates . |
| 3 | Before she should have a chance to wake and discover the edenwort , Henry got to work on the supper . |
| 4 | So the GEC approach was blocked while BOC 's lawyers got to work on the proposed take-over . |
| 5 | As the churning mass swelled within him his resilient Goblin digestive system got to work on the over-abundance of raw material . |
| 6 | The Superintendent got to work on the telephone . |
| 7 | So I joined the half-dozen speechless loners and got to work on the Sidecars . |
| 8 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 9 | Once back in her office , she tried to work on the promotion of Hindley Foster 's book , but found she was unable to concentrate . |
| 10 | And now you want to work on the exhibition you were so all-fired about , I was so inspired by , same deal , huh ? |
| 11 | If you just want to work on the length of pipe between the cistern and the taps , shut the gatevalve first ( if there is one ) opening the taps will drain the pipe . |
| 12 | It means that Carrie wo n't need to work on the farm quite so often … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He said the rent would not necessarily be raised in future after stating that it would be index-linked and he also wants to stage concerts and fetes at the ground in the close season when we would need to work on the pitch . ’ |
| 14 | A more likely cause of restlessness and dissatisfaction among farm workers occurs when friends , neighbours and kin among the ‘ locals ’ cease to work on the land but commute from the village to nearby towns . |
| 15 | One lawyer needs to work on the collective ideas and draft the documents . |
| 16 | The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend . |
| 17 | This study highlighted a number of problems that family farmers faced when a member of the family came to work on the farm so perhaps it was an opportune time to look at this in more detail . |
| 18 | Martha had been attracted to Bob Lamb since the shepherd first came to work on the farm the previous November . |
| 19 | She is exactly the same age as Mrs Smith and came to Britain from Jamaica in 1957 as a 20-year old with her father ( a skilled motor mechanic who came to work on the London buses ) , her mother and her three brothers . |
| 20 | Grandfather James Hauxwell met Grandmother Elizabeth , who was a Bayles , when he came to work on the building of the reservoir , just below Low Birk Hatt . |
| 21 | Catherine received presents , and could continue her lessons , but Heathcliff was made to work on the farm with the men , and , as a farm worker , was only allowed to eat with us in the back-kitchen . |
| 22 | The human mind — which , from this viewpoint , is the brain — is said to work on the same plan as a computer , with operations being carried out on physical symbols . |
| 23 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 24 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 25 | but I 've got to work on the plane tomorrow . |
| 26 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 27 | And they seem to work on the principle of allowing each other to do anything they like . |
| 28 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to work on the farm , ’ I said . |
| 30 | Immigrants , some of them Indian Tamils , arrived to work on the new estates . |