Example sentences of "[pron] work [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also proceeded to control and use the people of the occupied territories economically by allowing them to work inside Israel . |
| 2 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
| 3 | When I worked at St. Aldate 's we had a lot of these sort of characters on the edge of things , and erm they used to play very much upon the students ' consciences and I think I 'm just concerned that , you know , there are n't people out there listening who will open their homes up indiscriminately . |
| 4 | MOSCOW — Once upon a time , in a previous journalistic incarnation , I worked at Westminster . |
| 5 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
| 6 | I worked at Butlin 's in the kitchens first . |
| 7 | I found this out at Dagenham , when I worked at Fords , the supply lorries used to come through the day and through the night with articles made in other factories , including bodies and wheels and these were put on the assembly line and routed through Fords to be assembled . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to have lunch there occasionally when I worked for Lewis & Arbuckle — marvellous grub , it was . |
| 9 | ‘ I worked for Vincent O'Brien for a year and it 's great to come back here and win my first classic , ’ said trainer John Gosden . |
| 10 | If , in the 1980s a social worker or manager said they were ‘ working on the patch ’ , everyone would murmur reverentially : ‘ Alas , Professor Hadley , I knew him well ’ , or : ‘ I worked for East Sussex once ’ . |
| 11 | The very first time I worked for Heather Wilkinson was just before my thirteenth birthday . |
| 12 | No , Olive that used to work when I worked for Laura Ashley 's |
| 13 | Then I worked for Jimmy Young for quite a long time … he saved my bacon . |
| 14 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 15 | ‘ I worked for Creed , 'Jed went on . |
| 16 | ‘ I worked for Charles Laughton , the actor , and his wife Elsa Lanchester , the actress . |
| 17 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 18 | Then I worked for Edward Kennedy . |
| 19 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 20 | During the eight years I worked for Fred Workman he never lectured me on the practice or ethics of journalism , and in assigning me to a story he never told me what to do . |
| 21 | I played on four albums for Barry Gibb ; I worked for Dionne Warwick on the ‘ Heartbreaker ’ and some film music for ‘ Staying Alive ’ . |
| 22 | By the time I worked with Paul , three days later , word had spread and his first words were , ‘ Marti Caine , I 've heard you 're good , but blue . ’ |
| 23 | I worked with Elvis , we did a show together at the Grand Ole Opry in 1957 . |
| 24 | ‘ I worked with Helmut Newton , but he never suggested using whips . |
| 25 | It is some five years since I worked with Mr Edell in his previous incarnation as a lawyer , but he struck me as a man who would do the necessary . |
| 26 | The more I became involved in the executive work of CBC the less I liked it , but the more I worked with Ira Dilworth the more I liked him . |
| 27 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 28 | In the beginning , I worked with Hassan Fathy . |
| 29 | ‘ You may remember , Benjamin , I worked with Falconer and obtained that name ? |
| 30 | When , in 1986 , I collected a new Nissan car that a sponsor had bought for me , I was stopped four times in one day because the car was new and , as I had been told frequently enough by the police when I worked on Ealing Community Relations Council , black men ca n't afford new cars . |