Example sentences of "[vb base] work the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE crew enjoy working the system , and have developed an excellent team spirit — And there 's the incentive : If they do n't meet their targets their pride |
| 2 | Well er grown in just in rotation you know working the land every five or six year rotation er and er you had not very much hay . |
| 3 | The farmers ' tenacity is extraordinary : they had been looted repeatedly of their tools and crops , but continue to work the fields every day , planting their meagre remaining seed reserve . |
| 4 | What is surprising about the Metro is its reluctance to being screaming and howling when you start working the engine hard . |
| 5 | Erm since we 've we 've worked the flats I think , the the lads who 've worked up here have dealt with a a very broad erm a very broad aspect of incidence . |
| 6 | The er the special problems the complex presents at the moment , are very minimal compared to what er other police officers I 've spoke to who 've worked the flats in the past , have told me about . |
| 7 | E E C you know I I 've work the E E C you know . |
| 8 | I have to work the rest of the day and not finish at two o'clock |
| 9 | You know that I have to work the land down there . |
| 10 | And then if you have to work the Friday it 's overtime ! |
| 11 | Whether developments in Europe since the Second World War have wrought the sort of constitutional change brought about by the emergence of the Dominions after the First World War , raises exactly this question and we turn to it in the next chapter . |
| 12 | Do not forget that if you have worked the shoulders in a soft fabric , it is better to stitch a piece of tape into the shoulder seam to ‘ hold ’ it in place . |