Example sentences of "[Wh pn] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second story came from Branson himself , and arose from a tip-off from a journalist named Carla Dobson who worked as the assistant to the Daily Mail gossip-columnist Nigel Dempster . |
| 2 | However , the superintendents and foremen who worked on the factory floor , many having themselves been skilled machinists , sided with the operators and consequently nothing happened to change the balance of power . |
| 3 | The family of a murder victim have accepted a donation to a trust fund in their son 's name from detectives who worked on the case . |
| 4 | He may have been the ‘ Maister Vartu ’ who worked on the church of St Mary-at-Hill in London in 1502 , and the ‘ Vertu the mason ’ paid for a new window at St Anthony 's Hospital , Threadneedle Street , London . |
| 5 | Had he pressed on he might none the less have taken Newcastle , which contained many Jacobite sympathisers , but while he dallied , turning aside to Hexham , 15 miles [ 24 km ] west of the city , the Newcastle magistrates called out the militia and trained bands , mobilised a force of 700 tough keelmen , who worked on the lighters in the harbour , patched up the ancient city wall , though they lacked cannon to defend it , and bricked up the gates . |
| 6 | Graham Evans , of Blundellsands , was an apprentice who worked on the Spirit of Merseyside and later served aboard as bosun . |
| 7 | Large areas of the South and West remained untouched by the growth of the manufacturing industries , and in spite of the stimulating effect of the Napoleonic Wars upon certain sections of the economy , most of those who worked on the land steadily became poorer . |
| 8 | If it is hard to generalize about the pattern of farming , it is no easier to summarize the resources or standing of the men who worked on the land . |
| 9 | In theory , those who worked on the farms were capable of supporting themselves . |
| 10 | Design faults at the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania would make it impossible for operators to control a nuclear accident , according to engineers who worked on the plant 's construction . |
| 11 | Both end walls have paintings of 1710 by the Jesuit , Tausch , a copyist who worked on the cartoons of the Italian fresco painter , Andrea del Pozzo . |
| 12 | I did have a chin tuck , and the lady who worked on the book with me said , ‘ Now , Elizabeth , you know we 're going to be together for months and we have to be absolutely honest with each other . |
| 13 | There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd have to get hold of someone who worked on the project to tell you the details . |
| 15 | Reynolds said , ‘ You say that of all the people who worked on the project , none of them are still here ? ’ |
| 16 | These are made by a gentleman called Adrian er erm who worked on the house as a as a labourer er but was so taken with it all he took to becoming a medieval furniture maker , has been ever since . |
| 17 | The gipsy , who worked on the farm ? ’ he cried . |
| 18 | When I er er were in the tool room at , Newark at the age of twenty one plus , you see , not twenty two er I was approached then by a shop steward who worked on the bench , was a fitter . |
| 19 | No , Mr Patel was very sorry , no , he had not seen the face of the man who worked on the car . |
| 20 | The aim was to give an impression of the atmosphere of the line and its district A particular point made was that the BCRS wishes to contact people who worked on the line or have other personal reminiscences of it . |
| 21 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 22 | Assistance must likely be uncovered through direct observation , or through accounts of people who worked with the visionary . |
| 23 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 24 | One of the early residents was a shepherd , who worked for the farmer who owned the farm on the hill behind the building , and the stock grazed on the open fields . |
| 25 | Servants were people who worked for the government or for a company : in Kufra 68 per cent , in Ajdabiya 52 per cent of men were government servants , about one third of them conscripts . |
| 26 | Yong 's father was appalled at the idea , but was finally persuaded to invest in fifty tons of raw salt , to be used in the curing of the venison which abounded in the Eastern islands , as well as several hundred plastic chairs , and a quantity of spare diving equipment for the pearl-shellers who worked for the Aru branch of the Tan family . |
| 27 | Most of the guys who worked for the company were gay — and Cherry Vanilla was the female press officer — she was outrageous . |
| 28 | The photograph shows ex-shop manager Jim Charlton ( right ) who worked for the company for 51 years , with new Midland Mills manager Peter Seward and his three-year-old daughter Emma , who is sporting the latest Jarol gear . |
| 29 | In the Annual Report published in July , Hugh Laughland , Chairman of Stoddard Sekers International PLC , praised the efforts of all who worked for the company . |
| 30 | Val Smith , 35 , who worked for the company for 19 years before she was sacked , said : ‘ Closure has always been on the cards . |