Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to work at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women were forbidden to work at night in any industry ( a move opposed by some feminists ) . |
| 2 | Until recently , however , only the Archaeological Survey of India and the Konserwacji Zabytkow of Poland were permitted to work at Angkor Wat and Bayon , respectively because , like the Cambodians , they were aligned with the former Soviet bloc . |
| 3 | Derek Anderson , for example , showed considerable promise in a number of sports and was encouraged to work at them by his teachers , but , when asked whether he ever thought of making sport his eventual career , he replied : |
| 4 | Because of the nature of his studies he was sent to work at the Esso refinery at Fawley . |
| 5 | William Hutton , the son of a framework knitter , was sent to work at Derby 's silk mill in 1730 ; he later cursed his luck for having been born in the one city in the world where such could have been his fate . |