Example sentences of "and worked [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The stitching around the tongue and other points which are vulnerable to water entry should , however , have wax applied and worked into the stitching .
2 The sleeveless tunic looked to be made of doeskin , supple as linen , and worked into the left breast was a flame symbol , picked out in scarlet and yellow thread .
3 After applying a dark brown eyeliner , Yanina used a pinkish shade from an eyeshadow compact of red-browns by Prescriptives , and worked along the eyelid and socket , up to the brow line , and then blended the highlighter along the brow line .
4 It was not until the famous Hertfordshire Blizzard of 1915 , when Shaw went out and worked with the menfolk sawing up trees that lay blocking the roads , and the Zeppelin Raid the following year ( which he incorporated into his play Heartbreak House ) , when he offered his cellar as a shelter , that the villagers grew friendly with him .
5 Daphne was his sort : she was interested in quality production and worked with the artistic ‘ Company of Four ’ which did Castle Anna by Elizabeth Bowen and John Perry which opened in February 1948 and Dark Summer by Wynyard Brown .
6 As the FMLN opened up war fronts and established itself in several areas of the country , many medical students and health workers joined the liberation army and worked with the communities to set up their own alternative health system .
7 And worked with the tenants association too .
8 Out oil the compound , away from the news bulletins , those who lived and worked with the Africans often forgot that some were black and others white .
9 Both had escaped to the United Kingdom in June 1940 and worked with the government in exile while regrouping the defeated Norwegian army .
10 The Movement put up municipal candidates and worked with the Communist Party and the ILP for the " immediate demands " of the unemployed .
11 and I went there and worked with the toddlers and er and then I worked in the maternity side of it
12 Before going into the cosmetic business she was a teacher , and worked for the United Nations in Geneva .
13 Ursula Oxley read from the memoirs of Henry Hunt who was born Wiltshire , was elected to parliament , and worked for the repeal of the corn laws .
14 Sister was then transferred to Wythenshawe , and worked for the last 13 years on the chaplaincy team of Wythenshawe Hospital .
15 Julian Hayman was the same age as Quinn and they had known each other when Quinn lived in London and worked for the underwriting firm specializing in protection and hostage release .
16 He had been one of oil giant Ultramar 's youngest directors and worked for the firm for more than 20 years .
17 But why should someone murder him decades later because he betrayed his country and worked for the Soviet Union ?
18 By studying in the evenings at Burslem Art School , Emberton won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1911 and worked for the London architects Trehearne & Norman , 1913–14 .
19 Although reluctant , Davis accepted the appointment and worked for the inspectorate from 1878 to 1884 .
20 Mitchell trained as a journalist on The Scotsman and worked for the Scottish Tourist Board , Apex Publishing in Oman and British Gas Scotland before setting up Elliot Mitchell Communications , which later merged with Commpress .
21 He did , in fact , start in an other area of expertise — he took a degree in engineering at the University of Cambridge and worked during the War as an aircraft engineer .
22 He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) .
23 The detective , whose name and rank have not been given , is a member of the Essex force and worked at the Brentwood office of the No 5 Regional Crime Squad , covering a large area of East Anglia and the South-east .
24 Se the Whitbread Hop Farm 's colourful history unfold in this authentic insight into the lives and times of the people who lived and worked at the Beltring Farm — A nostalgic experience not to be missed ! !
25 She held one of the first Beit research fellowships ( 1910–14 ) , and worked at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine with ( Sir ) Arthur Harden [ q.v . ] .
26 But instead he was chosen to be a collector to bring back seed of the dove-tree , Davidia involucrata , and worked at the Coombe Wood nursery of ( Sir ) Harry Veitch [ q.v. ] , before leaving for China in 1899 .
27 He retired soon after , became a surveyor and worked on the pipelines for North Sea Gas .
28 Norwood is now a fairly grubby inner London area , but when Camille Pissarro lived there in 1870 it was the very edge of the city , combining townscape and country in a way that Pissarro found particularly attractive ( he lived and worked on the outskirts of Paris for most of his career ) .
29 He arrived with Archbishop Wallenstein , after having been trained in Rome and worked on the palace in 1676 .
30 ‘ I went up to my room and worked on the lecture I 'm due to present this afternoon .
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