Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have work [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main idea is to draw the house from the outside in , a task that at first appears quite daunting , but , once you 've worked through the tutorial files ( which I heartily recommend that you do ) it 's actually relatively straightforward . |
| 2 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 3 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 4 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 5 | It 's difficult because I 've worked around the world , in the Middle East , image-wise it 's fascinating . |
| 6 | They claimed the people 's votes because they had worked in the people 's interest and not their own … |
| 7 | Courses are generally run by two ESL specialists , one of whom is an experienced trainer but who does not necessarily have classroom teaching experience in the subject area being addressed while the second is chosen because they have worked in the subject area , usually as part of a language support team , but sometimes because they themselves have training and/or experience in the subject area . |
| 8 | ‘ Although I 'm almost certain Mills was murdered because he 'd worked for the KGB . ’ |
| 9 | But it would have been costly because he 'd worked at the paper for so long . |
| 10 | Filmmakers were rarely imported from outside ( Thorold Dickinson , who was allowed in to make Secret People in 1952 , could be regarded as an ‘ old boy ’ since he had worked at the studio during Basil Dean 's time ) and , with five directors responsible for two-thirds of the films made at the studio between 1942 and 1955 , there was little competition inside the studio , and no exposure to fresh ideas from outside . |
| 11 | I interviewed the student after she had worked in the residential unit for one year . |
| 12 | It is sad , first of all , that so many educated people miss all the fun that is in good science ; how many hours they spend at dinner parties with nothing substantial to pass the time , and how many acres of The Observer have been devoted to the to-ings and fro-ings of Guy Burgess and the annotated laundry lists of D. H. Lawrence , because the impeccably educated editors of that mercifully ailing rag do not know , after they have worked through the football and the statutory theatre crits , what is interesting . |
| 13 | The distinctive characteristics of Glass 's music appeared after he had worked with the Indian sitarist , Ravi Shankar , in 1965 . |
| 14 | We said , ‘ Look , come back when you 've worked on the proposal . ’ |
| 15 | Generally , I think such experiences can help , but only when you 've worked through the unhappiness you 've faced , and I would be surprised if you could do this fully without outside help . |
| 16 | When you have worked through the sensations , looked at them from all angles and asked yourself why they have entered your life and what is to be gained from them , it is important to be able to let them go . |
| 17 | As she had worked for the civil service previously , she applied and was sent a booklet which specified an age range for applicants of 17 ½ to 28 years . |
| 18 | Evening courses were arranged on all sorts of subjects , which we as shift workers were unfortunately not able to take advantage of fully , as we had to work during the evenings . |
| 19 | This led the group to recall , towards the end of the meeting , how they , too , had got nowhere with work-refusing children while they constantly demanded better work from them ( thus identifying with Mr E as having known failure instead of contrasting their own better results with his , as they had done earlier ) but how they had been able to help them when they had worked on the relationship . |