Example sentences of "work [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to work down a row of bricks or tiles . |
| 2 | I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam . |
| 3 | ‘ Similarly , I did n't want any obvious arms on it so I had to work out a system of manipulators — things that did things , like a grip mechanism or a gun . |
| 4 | It played on his mind for a time and eventually he had to work out a kind of therapy to get her out of his brain . |
| 5 | Officials said that they hoped to work out a schedule of repayments by the end of the year . |
| 6 | Some of the President 's advisers on industrial recovery wanted a national plan , with the Federal government in command ; others wanted business and government to work out a scheme of co-operation on a voluntary basis . |
| 7 | By studying numerous manuscripts , textual critics have been able to work out a set of principles which can be applied to many different sorts of document . |
| 8 | The staff development day which is to follow shortly afterwards is to be used by the different year teams to work out a programme of study . |
| 9 | It is best to work out a pattern in advance and draw it out on same graph paper . |
| 10 | ‘ Our Quality Charter states that NICMA members are expected to work out a policy on discipline which does not include smacking children , ’ she said . |
| 11 | It was always wise to work out a line of retreat as well as a line of approach . |
| 12 | It is suggested that governments , in managing the economy , have to work out a trade-off between inflation and the level of employment . |
| 13 | ‘ First of all , I need to sit down and work out a plan of campaign . ’ |
| 14 | Erm did n't say you 'll go back and work out a plan of attack for me or did you ? |
| 15 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 16 | It was agreed that a joint group of experts or deputy foreign ministers from Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland would prepare a joint stand at the next Helsinki conference in 1991 , while another group would work out a plan of action for " entering Europe " . |
| 17 | The first effective English settlement in the West Indies , founded in 1624 , was on the island of St. Christopher ( later called St. Kitts ) which was shared with the French , informally at first and then by a formal partition worked out a couple of years later which lasted until the British gained the whole island in 1713 . |
| 18 | We worked out a route of cafés , all the way down the Boulevard St. Michel to the river , velvet in the dark , and then up the Rue Saint Jacques to our home ground near the Pantheon . |
| 19 | With some of the other interested officers I worked out a syllabus for training selected junior officers in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation using Venturous as a practical training ship . |
| 20 | Rawlings worked out a procedure for network meetings similar to that used in a child abuse case conference . |
| 21 | This had a solid crust generally capable only of bearing the weight of a man , but the LRDG had successfully worked out a route for vehicles . |
| 22 | Over the last few years we had worked out a system of radio communication and coded grid references for use in joint exercises and actual operations against smuggling . |
| 23 | As a result of this and other difficulties involved in the buying and selling of sheltered housing , the National House Building Council together with Age Concern and a number of major developers and management organisations , has worked out a code of conduct with which all new schemes registered with the NHBC must now comply . |
| 24 | In fairness , it must be said that the professions have worked out a number of checks and balances to this system , and a common alternative to a percentage fee , hourly rates , can work out as an even more expensive open cheque drawn on the public purse . |
| 25 | The mix of keening voices , dreamy storylines and unusual , far-off sounds brings to mind The Band when they were on a roll , and David Hidalgo in particular sounds like he 's done his best ever work — conjuring up old ghosts and loser friends and working up a deal of sadness and unique moods from familiar instruments . |
| 26 | Work out a system of values . |
| 27 | Work out work out a scheme for spelling and presentation . |
| 28 | Now Eugenie 's apparent doubts about who her father is will fuel arguments over child custody as lawyers work out a deal for Fergie 's separation from Prince Andrew . |
| 29 | In each case , first work out a table of values for x and y . |
| 30 | Priority areas for the Polish programme include training the people who control small boilers , the mainstay of local industries , setting up ‘ car-care centres ’ to tune cars and save fuel , and working out a system of efficiency labelling . |