Example sentences of "work the farm " in BNC.
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| 1 | My childhood memories were a great source of strength to me after the members of my family died , one by one , and I was left to work the farm alone . |
| 2 | Mr Smith , they added , had been depressed since the death of his father 11 years ago , and he found it hard to work the farm alone . |
| 3 | But I do know that great-aunt was not exactly popular after the incident of the farm sale , and eventually John Bell left her so her brother , Great-Uncle William , came to work the farm . |
| 4 | But me wife was good then you see and so was my son and they both worked the farm you see . |
| 5 | The " broad acres " of a landed estate were in fact composed of a number of farms , each yielding a rent paid by the tenant farmer who worked the farm . |
| 6 | As the clearing up began , John Perry , who works the farm with his elderly mother started rounding up the herd . |