Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] work [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | As I walked out of another final-year class at fox Primary , the pupils were building complex models out of balsawood or working on the theories of gearing with big pieces of plastic Meccano . |
2 | For example , the estimator and standard price books use a common labour constant for brickwork ; in practice the labour constant could be adjusted to provide different targets for , say , work at ground level and work in the gables . |
3 | The drama comes not from discussing what each decision would mean , but in making the decision and working through the consequences . |
4 | I have worked with a cook , a caretaker , a community policeman , a coach driver and an athletics coach — all of whom greatly enjoyed taking part in our drama and working with the children . |
5 | They bear on important constitutional and political questions ; cover the preparation , passage and implementation of statutes on a wide variety of subjects , such as property law , criminal law and bankruptcy ; deal with the administration of justice , including the organisation and working of the courts , the appointment of judges and magistrates , the regulation of legal aid and the legal profession ; and also relate to the process and substance of law reform , including the proceedings of numerous commissions and inquiries . |
6 | Strange newcomers include ‘ tifosi ’ meaning those who cheer racing driver Nigel Mansell 's Ferrari or ‘ eyelizer ’ being a breathalyser that works on the eyes . |
7 | He retired soon after , became a surveyor and worked on the pipelines for North Sea Gas . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | It has become a practice of mine to return to the same sight and work throughout the seasons . |
10 | But the six ministers did draft a joint proposal for the pooling of information and work on the uses of nuclear energy , and for the establishment of a customs union that would lead to a common market . |
11 | Also promised are a new edition by Raniero Gnoli and Attilia Sironi of the monk Agostino dal Riccio 's Istoria delle pietre , a sixteenth-century treatise on the classification and working of the stones used in Renaissance Florence , and an exhaustive monograph by Giancarlo Ferraris — edited by Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios — on Pietro Piffetti , a highly-skilled eighteenth-century cabinet maker in the service of the House of Savoy ( L250,000 ) . |
12 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
13 | ‘ We are taking it one step at a time and working with the police . ’ |