Example sentences of "he work at " in BNC.

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1 In fact , it was a stubborn virginity , which took all his strength to remove ; while he wrought at it she gave way to wailing , then it broke at last , a cry ; perhaps the only natural sound Emily had ever made in face of the only reality that had ever assailed her .
2 Does he work he work at Hunters on their
3 I said does he work at the university ?
4 so I said does he work at the university ? , she said yes , and he , he lectures and stuff
5 He worked at the local riding stable cum farm .
6 To make a living he worked at Sothebys for two years and then set up business selling Cartier objects and jewelry which involved travelling all around the world .
7 Tolkien never finished the Kay of Leithian , though he worked at it on and off far seven years , composing at least two versions of the poem in more than four thousand lines of octosyllabic couplets .
8 THE late Bruce Chatwin once said that when he worked at Sotheby 's he became acutely aware of indestructible objects of art surviving over the years while generations of human flesh decayed around him .
9 ( Henry ) Wooden , his valet for seven years who on his marriage left his service and came to Henley where he worked at the Brewery for 30 years .
10 Allison claims to have started the idea in 1978 when he worked at the Clinical Research Centre in Harrow .
11 When he worked at night he prepared properly , never allowing his vision to become impaired in any way .
12 I 've always admired Ben Hogan for the way he worked at the game and the determination he showed to succeed .
13 During the first world war , he worked at the Allahabad Agricultural Institute , and after it , at the invitation of Rabindranath Tagore , founded the Department of Rural Reconstruction in Bengal .
14 TODAY broke the news to him as he worked at Team Lotus 's offices in central London .
15 He worked at it obsessively , did versions in pencil and ink , had lithographs made of it , and sat the figure both indoors and out .
16 He worked at Sotheby 's and , as Louise gushingly pointed out to Constance after their first meeting , ‘ He knows absolutely everybody , darling .
17 During World War Two he worked at Boscombe Down on what he guardedly called ‘ communications development ’ .
18 He was a fork-lift truck driver with General Motors , he worked at the Budweiser brewery at night , and in between times he was a bartender. ’ lf0020
19 When he walked the perimeter fence , when he worked at the bench with the wood that would become a chair 's leg , when he ate in the Kitchen , when he lay on the top tier of the bunk , he was alive and alert .
20 Yes , he worked at the House , and so did my mother .
21 Allowing his legs to relax , he worked at unlatching the twin bolts and eased the door open , clambering inside where he dropped to his knees , exhausted , his chest heaving as he sucked in mouthfuls of air .
22 Alford Grammar school also had a hand in the education of Captain John Smith before he went to Louth and Thomas Paine , famous for abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania and for his written works , in particular ‘ The Rights of Man ’ , lived here for several years when he worked at the Excise Office .
23 He worked at the British Museum for more than five years ; and is currently a research assistant in the Imperial War Museum 's Dept of Exhibits and Firearms .
24 I think he worked at Lloyds in insurance .
25 He was an engineer and erm he he was he made co , he worked on conveyers and things and then he changed his occupation became a civil servant and he worked at the Admiralty down on Templefields until it closed about ten years , cos my husband has been retired about five years now .
26 I mean they were n't badly Me father at th er at the beginning of the war he worked he worked at the Grove pit , down the mine at the Grove and he used to be on afternoons .
27 He worked at the course twelve hours a day and found it exhausting but staggeringly easy .
28 And he worked at , up .
29 He worked at Underwood Pit when they were came to this district and then they came into the Newthorpe Common district and er and then er we moved from Newthorpe Common and he went to Williamthorpe for a short while , only from erm probably eighteen months to two years , that 's as much as did there .
30 And then he became erm he worked at the at the Colliery as a er an ostler , a horseman you see .
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