Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] work [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future . |
| 2 | The Overseas Development Minister , Lynda Chalker , is to visit Russia to try to work out the best way to distribute British emergency food supplies . |
| 3 | In recent years , Cavagna in Milan has worked out the detailed mechanics of the process , using force plates and high-speed film to capture the instantaneous braking and acceleration of the lower limbs during a stride . |
| 4 | Furthermore , Robert has worked up the story very well . |
| 5 | As defence-industry consultants try to work out the consequences , some predictions are unchanged . |
| 6 | A very similar picture emerges in Haringey , but here the local authority has worked out the numbers whose income will be affected by more than £2 a week . |
| 7 | Progress was slow , but by the mid-eighteenth century success had been achieved in both methods of calculating longitude : the Greenwich astronomers had worked out the tables for the movements of the moon and an English watchmaker , John Harrison , had made a chronometer that kept such perfect time that it could meet the requirements of any sailor . |
| 8 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |
| 9 | Mr Major has worked out the best way to do this is to read out lists . |
| 10 | Even so eccentric a character as D. V. Karakozov , who attempted to assassinate Alexander II in 1866 , had gained direct experience while serving as an assistant to one of the peace arbiters appointed to work out the details of the Emancipation settlement . |
| 11 | They have created a still image showing work down the pit — but one child ca n't stop giggling . |
| 12 | So in the past few weeks Mr Yavlinsky , Vladimir Shcherbakov , the Soviet minister in charge of economics , and Yevgeny Primakov , an aide to Mr Gorbachev , have all visited America trying to work out the terms of an aid-for-economic-reform package . |
| 13 | Students have worked over the last four years with Castle Eden Walkway and Cleveland Wildlife Trust in planting trees throughout Stockton . |
| 14 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 15 | The rider has to work out the problem , why it has happened and then decide how best to correct it . |
| 16 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |