Example sentences of "[pers pn] work [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some of the other interested officers I worked out a syllabus for training selected junior officers in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation using Venturous as a practical training ship . |
| 2 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 3 | This time I worked out a pattern to my own measurements with correct tension and hopefully with more luck . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 5 | So would you would you work overtime a lot ? |
| 6 | How do you work out a log ? |
| 7 | Could you work out a routine for me ? ’ |
| 8 | If you worked out a table of the economic prosperity in the towns which have Football League clubs , Hartlepool would probably be in the bottom three . ’ |
| 9 | But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet . |
| 10 | you work out a response . |
| 11 | You work out a marking . |
| 12 | We worked out a route of cafés , all the way down the Boulevard St. Michel to the river , velvet in the dark , and then up the Rue Saint Jacques to our home ground near the Pantheon . |
| 13 | Fact : a year ago , we worked out a repertoire to win the world title : forehand snap , floater , and figure-of-eight . |
| 14 | So in my new bedroom ( which used to be Pa 's office until he gave it up , just for me , and moved into the caravan ) , we work out a prayer together , to help me not to be led into temptation again . |
| 15 | She pictured him working up a sweat . |
| 16 | They work out a purpose , and decide on what they are going to produce , what form it will take , and who will be the intended audience . |
| 17 | He worked up a cabal against poor old Professor Litmus , who taught statistics and never did anyone any harm , but droned on , and on , and at least never minded when his students slept . |
| 18 | Straightening up again for a brief rest , he worked out a method of getting through the opening . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's done on the barrel , ’ said the chairman who much more happily confided that at 59 of course he will be batting and bowling again this summer , ‘ and that 's what it worked out a pint . |
| 20 | You can do it that way and it works out a lot cheaper . |
| 21 | Although it works off a car 's own battery , all Nightsticks also incorporate an internal power supply to foil thieves who go for the wiring first . |
| 22 | He works up a lather . |
| 23 | And there were two of us worked together a lad my age and myself . |