Example sentences of "[adv] working the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We look at our team , it does n't matter if you are section head or not section head or whatever you 're just working the team , you have responsibility for training . |
| 2 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 3 | The idea is called LETS , which stands for Local Exchange and Trading Systems , and apparently there is a group of about 30 people in Belfast already working the idea . |
| 4 | The transmitter that sends data to a receiving station at White Sands , New Mexico , is still working The snag is that the information has to be channelled via one of two other satellites which are not operating . |
| 5 | The Noonday Gazette had arrived with the water cart that morning , children were still working the spigot to fill the tall earthenware jars from the big barrel mounted in the muletrap , while the carter stood by to keep count of the charge . |
| 6 | Her foot ferociously working the pedal , her mouth full of pins , she seems to be constantly warning , or criticising : ‘ How many biscuits is that ? or ‘ You 'd better watch it , young lady , Pat was skinny at your age and now look at her ! ’ |
| 7 | A straggling line of men feverishly passed to each other splashing pails of water from a roadside pump where a perspiring youth , naked to the waist , was madly working the handle to keep the chain of buckets supplied . |
| 8 | In 1979 we began pioneering the direct mail concept at constituency level with my wife Marlies at first typing and then working the word processor and computer . |
| 9 | Her sister sat in the rocking-chair by the side of the range , her eyes closed and her foot rhythmically working the rocker . |
| 10 | However , for those not currently working the attraction of paid employment is enhanced . |