Example sentences of "[adv prt] work [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliphant , who was also knighted , went on to work on the atomic bomb , and subsequently returned to his native South Australia , where he became Governor . |
| 2 | French masons were brought in to work on the glorified hunting lodge of Falkland in Fife until it came to resemble a French Renaissance palace in miniature , with the courtyard 's south range richly decorated with Scots thistles , French fleurs-de-lis and pictorial medallions . |
| 3 | What will happen to their pay packets when they end up working in the private sector , often for less money — because we know that the national health service is simply a Bill away from being privatised ? |
| 4 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 5 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 6 | The women go out to work in the same way as other women , but know that their main priority in life is to care for their families . |
| 7 | The mining dispute , which had provoked the strike , continued from the end of April until November 1926 , when the miners and their families were effectively starved back to work despite the financial support of those unions affiliated to the TUC . |
| 8 | I just hoped that Tom would feel better about the situation when he came back to work in the New Year . |
| 9 | The wage agreement produced some drift back to work in the following days , but the strike held steady in the Kuzbass , Donbass and Vorkuta . |
| 10 | Almost 1 million people will be helped back to work in the coming year by employment and training programmes . |
| 11 | Phillipson has pointed to more direct state management of retirement , in order to regulate the size of the labour force , yet the well-known attempts by the government to induce retirees back to work after the Second World War were notable for their lack of success ; the reserve army of elderly labour was highly resistant to re-enlistment . |
| 12 | When Jos moved round to work on the other side of the gate , he handed Mungo a sheet of sandpaper , telling him to use plenty of ‘ elbow grease ’ . |
| 13 | did you carry on working at the same place ? |
| 14 | As Trevor is self-employed and intends to carry on working beyond the usual retirement age , he 'll receive his payout just when he needs it — with cash to spare , helping towards the world cruise that he and his wife had always promised themselves . |
| 15 | With the dropping of 11 days , the old March 25 became April 5 , and tax collectors went on working from the old day with its new date . |