Example sentences of "he worked [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aye , but he were a nice fellow And what a worker … he worked every hour that God sent to try and keep on top of that place . |
| 2 | that Julia wanted money more , more money , I mean he worked every hour that god gave at , so his money must of been decent , had to be |
| 3 | Tim was a mirror man too , but not on a stage , unless you call the office where he worked a stage , or any of the places he visited . |
| 4 | But he had married a greengrocer — a much younger woman — and ‘ retired early ’ partly to help her : ‘ he worked a lot in the house . |
| 5 | He worked the pump action frantically to eject the spent cartridge and reload . |
| 6 | Grimly he worked the pump action to eject the load , closing his mind to the thought of the wall and ceiling smeared with his brain matter , when he put the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger . |
| 7 | He worked the rudder pedals to show them . |
| 8 | He worked the blade into the slot and waggled it about . |
| 9 | I saw him grinning ferally as he worked the gun with both hands , spent cartridges flying into the air . |
| 10 | He worked the snaffle between the p'tar 's huge yellow teeth , then hauled to bring the animal out of the stall . |
| 11 | Smoothly , he worked the action of the Winchester , and swung it up towards the centre of the windscreen . |
| 12 | In his eagerness to escape the encroaching flames , he worked the action and fired three times in rapid succession . |
| 13 | Savagely , as he passed , he worked the handle of the engine room telegraph . |
| 14 | He worked the slide as quietly as he could , chambering a round , then he moved back out into the sitting room towards the door . |