Example sentences of "[det] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Let me say I believed that the wrongs of women were interconnected with and subsidiary to the wrongs of man ; that to work for the revolution was to work , indirectly , for women .
2 You both need to do this to work at the principle of conciliation .
3 Allow this to work on the cooking residues for 20 minutes and then switch the combi-steamer onto the steam mode for 10-–15 minutes .
4 How does this work in the case of theories of racism ?
5 It was again Aisa Briggs who said now come on , you know , we 've helped you with the movie , come and do some work for the university , and I did n't need any encouragement .
6 Coburn was a solicitor who did some work for the defendant , Colledge , in 1889 .
7 right , I 'll shall go and do some work in the kitchen then the
8 When a society is stable , for instance , do all its ISAs fulfil their legitimating function , or do some work against the interests of the dominant classes of the society ?
9 It 's no a new thing , ken , this working wi' the teacher .
10 Are you sure this works at the moment .
11 This works by the fabric 's wicking features which allow sweat to pass through it .
12 I hope this works in the case of the Lanark Road .
13 But this works in the book 's favour .
14 ‘ I can only assure you that you have the wrong person , Mr Wyatt ; there are many models , and more than a few work in the Midlands , and several must have other business interests .
15 They all worked at the BUPA South Bank Hospital in Worcester , and were returning after a day 's training at a hospital in Cardiff when the crash happened .
16 Perón , Vargas and Cárdenas — who , judged by their mass following , have led the most popular governments of their respective countries — all worked on the basis of an active , aspiring state .
17 My fathers and grandfathers all worked in the slate , they seen nothing only slate .
18 goodies that they 'd got because they all worked in the docks !
19 ‘ That was us when we all worked in the shop , afore the War . ’
20 The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics .
21 But it was quickly becoming clear to all working on the film that Vivien was unwell .
22 One afternoon when they were all working in the garden , the door opened and a woman came quietly in .
23 Once all work on the system has been completed , then the ground must be tidied up and left in such a state that it is easy to assess at a later date what rabbits have been left behind .
24 The result was that on 20 January 1975 Harold Wilson 's Government , to the dismay of the French , formally cancelled the project and all work on the tunnel stopped .
25 Protestors claim the Foundation had agreed to temporarily suspend all work on the building while they discussed fears for their childrens ' safety .
26 A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance .
27 It announced the suspension of all work on the grounds of lack of raw materials .
28 But it was n't all work at the smithy .
29 ‘ Oh yes , ' ’ I said , ‘ ‘ but now they all work for the Ministry of the Interior .
30 All work for the Group is done on a commercial basis and I think that is an essential ingredient for successful project management .
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