Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] work the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father worked the sideshow circuit with the man years back . |
| 2 | The other is dominated by workers with few skills , other than their willingness to work the hours required by their employers . |
| 3 | In the main , most hotels seem happy to let their concierges work the system to their advantage , providing their more entrepreneurial traits do not get the better of them , as they did in the case of those at the Heathrow Penta . |
| 4 | I could see Bonefish and his sons working the lateen-sail of their skiff way beyond the reef , perhaps looking for turtles which they could sell to the men who exported the rich flesh to the Japanese . |
| 5 | When Gordon Allport wrote his classic work The Nature of Prejudice , he left ‘ prejudice ’ unqualified as he wished to include general principles of psychological functioning in his analysis . |
| 6 | His grandfather worked the coalface and his father was a Miners ' Union official . |
| 7 | In his later years Bunyan spent much of his time visiting and overseeing nearby congregations , whilst his son worked the forge . |
| 8 | ‘ Your people work the river banks . |