Example sentences of "[vb past] work at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 2 | With Minton 's help he obtained work at the Royal College as an artist 's model until he decided to return home where his future was secured for him through marriage and the management of a pub . |
| 3 | Robert had no formal education and began work at the age of ten . |
| 4 | Although tests had not been completed it seemed probable that the infection was contracted during surgery and a junior member of the surgical team had been identified as a carrier who began work at the hospital in last May . |
| 5 | Harold explained that the house was empty , and at that moment a second fire engine arrived from Nidden , and started work at the side of the building where the flames seemed thickest . |
| 6 | Richard , who started work at the University in 1969 as assistant cook in the halls of residence , has been Assistant Catering Manager since 1973 , based at the Revis Barber and Dennis Bellamy Halls , where his deputy , head cook Ian Wade has been ruling the kitchens for 24 years . |
| 7 | He started work at the Stationers ' Company School , London , in 1874 , and by the time he took up a post at Grantham Grammar School in 1884 he had already taught in Saffron Walden , Winchester , Newbury , and Cambridge . |
| 8 | Emma started work at the age of fourteen for the London Ladies ' Co-operative Guild , a group of professional women who designed and decorated glass tables . |
| 9 | , cuber operator at Preston , started work at the Gregson Lane corn mill in September 1967 , then part of . |
| 10 | Safeall Security started work at the Silverhill plant on September 6 — just four days after their contract with the City Council was terminated . |