Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I tired of writing press releases on new lube concepts I left Wartberg 's valve business to go to the Angstrom Corporation , where I worked on the launch of a new biscuit , the Pink Finger . |
| 2 | Where I worked in the university , if a woman came in covered in bruises , no one would say anything , although we all knew what had happened . |
| 3 | The galloping granny , from Bristol , used to run the 800 yards and 4 x 400 relay for the Imperial Tobacco company where she worked on the shop floor . |
| 4 | Having to choose between being ‘ poor in Oxford or comfortable in Aber. ’ , he chose Aberystwyth , where he worked on the university magazine , published his first poems and stories , and dabbled in left-wing politics . |
| 5 | Now retired and living in Woodside , Barnard Castle , he left Tyneside to become a UN civil servant based in Washington DC , in the USA , where he worked with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund . |
| 6 | In the summer of 1914 Braque was once more at Sorgues , while Picasso spent his time between Sorgues and Avignon , where he worked in the company of André Derain . |
| 7 | IWM 's Bevis Griffiths supervised the conservation work on the Firefly , and had this to say of the professional/volunteer team used to restore Z2033 : ‘ The Museum require volunteers for this sort of work because we have some seventy aircraft here at Duxford and six [ full-time ] technicians to look after them , which in anybody 's book is a huge workload , so we work alongside the volunteers . |
| 8 | If I work on the game , I can get £150 in one night . ’ |
| 9 | If I work through the holidays as well as the terms , and get another mortgage , perhaps I can manage those fees . |
| 10 | Mind if I work in the garage today ? ’ |
| 11 | We may , for example , think to ourselves that it would be very useful to ask a housewife if she works outside the house at all , and this sounds easy enough in our heads . |
| 12 | So if you work on the presumption then that that position is the preferable one , bearing in mind that you know what you 're doing but you do n't know what other people are doing . |
| 13 | President-elect Bill Clinton , who takes over from Bush on January 20 , said Mr Bush 's decision gave the message : ‘ If you work for the government you 're above the law . ’ |
| 14 | Now it is generally observed that most civil servants whatever country they come from make sure that they er give each other pay rises and I know it happens in this country the Civil Service pay pays quite well and it 's certainly a key erm feature in er pay structure in developing countries that if your , if you work for the government you are very very well paid , like government wages can be , you know , four , five , six , ten , twenty times |
| 15 | But I mean I , I , I 'm I 'm guessing , I 'm assuming , I 'm not sure he did , but I have seen erm when I was in Edinburgh studying communications , if you work in the Sun which was erm a broadsheet for Murdoch on it . |
| 16 | But if you work in the holidays , what 'll you do with Dickie ? ’ |
| 17 | If you work in the hospital you wear their uniform . |
| 18 | If you work in the EFL profession , it is in your interest to keep up with the latest developments in the field . |
| 19 | If you worked for the probation service |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if you worked for the blacksmith , ’ this old man said , ‘ that was me ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 22 | If you worked in the industry you would see what was happening and you would be aghast . |
| 23 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |
| 24 | Those who were already more vulnerable , however , due to lack of such a relationship , were half as likely to develop depression following a provoking agent if they worked outside the home . |
| 25 | Related to this is the issue of the double workload women have to cope with if they work outside the home — paid work by day and unpaid work for the remainder of the time . |
| 26 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 27 | And then suddenly we find the district auditor making comments about an environmental strategy , which I would have thought was , if he worked on the basis of the last one , rather outside his remit . |
| 28 | He was warned that he risked not being able to read Braille if he worked with the soil because it would cut his fingers and reduce their sensitivity . |
| 29 | Glasgow ambulance staff yesterday voted to observe TUC guidelines after management had warned that those on patient transfer would have their pay docked by three quarters unless they worked normally , and accident and emergency staff would lose half their pay unless they worked within the guidelines . |
| 30 | But because I work during the week , Saturday is the only time I have , apart from my lunch hour . |