Example sentences of "[pron] works the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a development of flash cards which works the visual memory even harder , because the pupil has to carry an image of strings of words . |
| 2 | you know , just ask them if there 's any more money in it if she works the long hours . |
| 3 | Endesha Ida Mae Holland , the author of this veiled autobiography , is described in the programme as a popular lecturer and ‘ story-teller ’ : she works the same seam as Maya Angelou , Toni Morrison and Alice Walker ( whose spirit she fulsomely invokes , and whose book The Color Purple she implicitly recalls at every turn ) . |
| 4 | Number eight United driver Norman Bell , 39 , who works the 50-minute Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland route in County Durham , was discovered during an investigation by the Polite Society . |
| 5 | It works the other way around too ; hypnotic therapy can not have any adverse effect upon whatever form of medical assistance you might be receiving . |
| 6 | Leeds chairman Leslie Silver Wwednesday defended the controversial decision to sell Batty and said : ‘ No manager wants to sell his best players but Howard Wilkinson is practical enough to realise that we ca n't just buy other people 's best players — it works the other way round sometimes . |
| 7 | But it works the same way as ordinary language . |
| 8 | If during that week he works the following number of hours , how much should his take home pay be ? |
| 9 | He works the same trick in Pygmalion . |