Example sentences of "[noun sg] had work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst the most important of these carefully plotted works are : de Falla 's The Three-Cornered Hat ( 1919 ) which originally accompanied a mime play and so fascinated Diaghilev that he commissioned the composer to enlarge it for Massine 's ballet ( see page 59 ) ; Vaughan William 's Job , commissioned by Diaghilev , was unused until de Valois created her important ‘ Masque for Dancing ’ ( 1931 ) ( this marked the inaugural performance of what has become The Royal Ballet ) ; Arthur Bliss ' Checkmate ( 1937 ) was choreographed by de Valois after both composer and choreographer had worked on the plot ; Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet was composed with the help of a Shakespearean theatre expert and has been used notably by Lavrovsky , Ashton and MacMillan ( see page 26 ) ; and Ashton provided a roughly outlined plot for Hans Werner Henze 's score for Ondine ( 1958 ) . |
| 2 | The Land Commission had to work within the framework of the planning system . |
| 3 | Whilst remembering the old days I was surprised to hear that ran in the family as his wife 's father had worked for the Company at the turn of the century . |
| 4 | Much of the old Korean élite had worked with the Japanese for the material rewards and defence of their interests ; the police force was the most hated feature of the colonial era and the vengeance taken on police guilty of torture , extortion and corruption was savage . |
| 5 | For thousands of years the ocean had worked at the chalk cliffs and eventually brought down these trees , and because the place was so isolated and difficult to reach , the branches had escaped use as firewood . |
| 6 | The one real consolation that could be salvaged from the whole sorry affair was that the system had worked in the end . |
| 7 | Peter , who was 44 , had joined Rentokil in 1966 and during 26 years with the company had worked in the laboratory , been appointed the youngest ever pest control surveyor in London and been seconded to the Bahamas where he and Lynn spent seven years . |