Example sentences of "work the machine " in BNC.
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| 1 | I advertised for male compositors [ to work the machines ] and got no reply . |
| 2 | Now , possibly alerted by advisers from outside ( such as C. M. Bowerman , from the London Society of Compositors , chairman of the NPKTF , and member of parliament , who attended the negotiations during 1910 ) , the committee of the ETS on behalf of its members , came into line with compositors everywhere else in claiming the right to work the machines . " |
| 3 | She supervises the pre-felting embroidery , keeps an eye on stock , trains people to work the machine . |
| 4 | Once I had got to grips with how to work the machine I noticed that the harmoniser in the machine did n't appear to work properly : ie. if I set the interval to a major 3rd , the processor would intermittently switch between a major 3rd and a minor 3rd . |
| 5 | Oh I just wanted to ask you how to work the machine but it 's done now . |