Example sentences of "[subord] work [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I figured it was better than working in a factory . |
| 2 | A year later , living above the shop — a 150-year-old converted granite cottage — he finds running his own business a lot more stimulating than working in a bank , and village life much more fun . |
| 3 | An engineer may be seen as a threat to society when designing a plant which generates toxic waste , but to be protecting society if working on a flood prevention scheme . |
| 4 | Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn are far more important , because working with a portastudio and a mixing desk in the rehearsal room will teach a novice engineer a lot about sound mixing . |
| 5 | While working on a book of tropical island pictures , earlier this year , I visited Tahiti three times and had an opportunity to vary the outward journey . |
| 6 | A YOUNG British woman has been savagely murdered by her lover while working on a kibbutz in Israel . |
| 7 | She met Andy while working on a production of Carmen at Sky Television , and at their wedding , her two outfits stole the show . |
| 8 | TWO barmaids claimed social security benefit while working at a Kiki 's bar in Darlington , a court heard yesterday . |
| 9 | He died after an incident while working at a house in Beech Grove Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 10 | She began taking A-levels while working as a secretary for the Commission for Racial Equality , and , urged on by an old Somervillian , wrote to Somerville . |
| 11 | Significantly , his successor was not a football player at all but a journalist who got to know the Arsenal chairman while working as a society correspondent for the New York Herald . |
| 12 | He was accused of molesting a 14-year-old boy whom he had been counselling while working as a school chaplain . |
| 13 | While working as a record plugger for EMI he met lots of chart artists which led to his first stage appearances . |
| 14 | The court was told Woodhatch had made many enemies while working as a director of a roofing firm . |
| 15 | Topping the list is Barbara Piasecka-Johnson , who does not really count : she inherited her $550m fortune from her husband , chairman of America 's Johnson and Johnson company , whom she met while working as a maid in his house . |
| 16 | Joyce , whose father Les Henderson still lives in South Bank , Middlesbrough , met her husband while working as a ship stewardess . |
| 17 | You said that you got it for a bet , well a bet is usually something like swimming in the North Sea on Christmas Day , I mean something sharp and brief , while working for a degree , however brilliant you are , takes years . |
| 18 | In conversation at Corry , Johnson heard the stories he longed for — of men seeing visions , of examples of ‘ second sight ’ on Skye ; Mrs Mackinnon 's father had once met some women who , while working in a field , heard ghostly voices , signifying imminent death ; he later met two funerals at the predicted place . |
| 19 | It was also revealed that Dr Yarab Almahawi , 33 , was first identified as HIV positive while working in a hospital casualty department in Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | All of the staff who served in the armed forces survived and returned to the Survey , but Clough was accidentally killed by a train while working in a railway cutting in 1916 . |
| 21 | After an absence of over 20 years John recently rejoined the JCR when he had an accommodation problem whilst working on a contract in Birmingham . |
| 22 | At his trial it was revealed he had previously been involved in an incident whilst working as a door supervisor when another person died . |
| 23 | Vidor was a Texan and a Christian Scientist who first started making his own movies whilst working as a projectionist in what he described as ‘ the remote part of Texas ’ . |
| 24 | In Ashley v Esso Transportation Co Ltd ( 1956 ) The Times , 8 February the plaintiff claimed as part of his damages for injury suffered whilst working in a ship the extra expense incurred since the accident in having to buy his cigarettes ashore instead of on board free of duty . |
| 25 | But in any event , those in corporate finance , whether working for a bank , an accountancy firm , or an M&A boutique , talk of the excitement and the rush of adrenalin when a deal is near to completion , and the need for secrecy adds to the buzz . |
| 26 | Many London families went ‘ hopping ’ in the summer months ; Margaret Wynne Nevinson recalled that when working as a rent collector ( with Beatrice Webb ) for the Dwellings Improvement Company in the East End , she found many flats empty in August and September for this reason . |
| 27 | Washington had first seen the attractions of open land when working as a surveyor along a line running north-west to the Ohio valley and Lake Erie , and he could reckon that his survey was not going to remain as a simple tribute to the government 's desire for information . |
| 28 | As an ex-financial journalist , Lawson had opinions about the limitations of trial by jury formed by what he had seen of financial scandals when working as a City Editor . |
| 29 | Always see to it that your appearance when working on a case is compatible with your status . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I like to lay in the paint with a knife and draw into the wet paint with a brush , especially when working on a portrait , ’ Kyffin Williams told Julian Halsby in this special interview for The Artist |