Example sentences of "work [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first length is fitted , work along the gutter in the same way until you come to within 2m of the corner of the house . |
| 2 | With a very sharp knife , cut along the backbone and work along the bones cutting the skin and meat away in one piece . |
| 3 | As you work along the chambers , you should find one that is empty , which will tell you that the blockage is between that one and the previous full one . |
| 4 | They have created a still image showing work down the pit — but one child ca n't stop giggling . |
| 5 | Work down the neck and over and across shoulders , continuing until you feel a pleasant warm glow all over . |
| 6 | There are also trawlers for net fishing which , as well as fishing around Madeira , work off the Africa coast . |
| 7 | How can a demoralised off-licence manager work up the enthusiasm to sell what an increasingly adventurous customer has no desire to buy ? |
| 8 | Begin with your feet , including the soles , and work up the legs , front and back , over the buttocks and up to the middle-back . |
| 9 | Work out the times of day when the desire for a cigarette is most likely to undermine your good intentions , and be prepared . |
| 10 | Well we might have er be able to speak with the people who are doing the coaching , and work out the times |
| 11 | Work out the percentage increase every week . |
| 12 | Work out the percentage of total service sector employment that they represent . |
| 13 | work out the exercises in it , erm maybe get a little bit stuck , sort it out yourself , and then think , Oh yeah |
| 14 | To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm . |
| 15 | Now for a bee to know the location of a barren car park which had certainly not been on their list of flower sites , it seems most reasonable to suppose that they were able to ‘ place ’ it on some sort of internal map and then work out the direction home . |
| 16 | When you work out the probability of arriving at that point . |
| 17 | Work out the effects of shooting immediately — this means that shooting due to Animosity is worked out before normal shooting . |
| 18 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 19 | Work Out the Structure |
| 20 | you work out the tone of voice they 're using ; |
| 21 | Work out the pros and cons of what you are considering , and if your instinct is telling you to give it a try then go ahead . |
| 22 | So work out the groups , you work out the groups . |
| 23 | So work out the groups , you work out the groups . |
| 24 | The potential deficit on the poll tax collection fund er because of these people not registering is well over million pounds and that by spending the hundred thousand proposed here , would actually bring it down to seven hundred and thirty five thousand pounds and that 's where the conjuring trick is er this er amendment because of course , if you work out the increase in the balances that you are proposing to take in this amendment , it works out exactly to seven hundred and thirty five thousand pounds , well it does on my calculations Mr Mayor . |
| 25 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |
| 26 | Work out the attack as normal . |
| 27 | Understand the use of ratio as applied to such things as mixtures , e.g. 2 parts sand to 1 part cement ; and recipes , e.g. work out the quantities required for 6 people from a recipe which serves 4 . |
| 28 | first thing is work out the current in the whole circuit . |
| 29 | My method was to look ahead as far as the eye could see , work out the route mentally , then , leaving the wheelbarrow , test the ground in small sections and mark the way with my feet . |
| 30 | 1 Work out the route that you must follow to find the Minotaur . |