Example sentences of "work the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamel 's companion work The Arrow of Time was more mature in this respect . |
| 2 | I do n't think that its readers can have had much trouble in finding in the life and work the responsiveness Ackroyd finds in them . |
| 3 | In routine work the field man must display himself as competent in other , subtler ways , showing himself to be on top of his job . |
| 4 | This is why Leonard describes this as an adversary model of social work , in which practitioners ‘ work the system ’ with and in the interests of clients ( Leonard , 1976 , p. 262 ) . |
| 5 | It is better if this problem can be avoided by having the operators work the system properly . |
| 6 | Like the scouts at the TT races , it seems , the Japanese studied their subject , and now work the system rather better than the natives do . |
| 7 | Apart from the obvious requirement of a personal computer of some sort the other equipment required depends almost entirely on what sort of work the system will be used for . |
| 8 | And I think governments would do well to talk to the people at the sharp end , like magistrates , who use this system , work the system , liaise with all the various components in the system and do know what they 're talking about . |
| 9 | and they used to collect the rents from there er some of them and er up er he came home one day and he said erm , I 'm not going up there collecting again , as he er collected the bugs used to drop on his collecting pad I said , finish the job do n't go again , but anyway they persuaded the people to take the rents into the office you see instead of having to have a rent collector , but er it was horrible he , he worked for them twenty five years and then when he was sixty four he had his , a stroke , but he went back again after eight months and he completed his job for when , you know he stayed in the office , he was er him and erm started the rebate , well it was footwork the rebate system was worked out at the Town Hall , but they , the rent men had to carry it out you see and er he er work the system out and of course erm , when he was sixty five he finished , course he was lucky really , but then er he could get about fairly well , but after the years drew on you know his , his health deteriorated and er but he lived er he was sixty four and he was eighty five when he died but erm |
| 10 | for light branchline work the success of the design was such that building continued into British Railways ' days and 46521 was actually built at Swindon in 1953 . |
| 11 | The phrase ‘ black humour ’ had an altogether different ring once you 'd caught the racist patter of the stand-up comedians who work the clubs and pubs round Brick Lane or the Mile End Road . |
| 12 | just before they stopped work the day before the July a fortnight holiday did n't they ? |
| 13 | The doctor started work the day I went in , and she pre-warned me and I said to him , no big cuts please ? |
| 14 | If I work the way I want to , what will the teacher think who takes them next year ? |
| 15 | ‘ Shift the cattle , work the horses , stick and ball , come back for lunch , an hour 's siesta , and you go out like a light I can tell you , then we play chukkas in the afternoon . |
| 16 | But most of those fighting girls have sold themselves out to the big operators , and work the male kick themselves , clitoris or no clitoris . |
| 17 | Farm Work the Women Felt they could Take Over |
| 18 | How much work the women tutors especially must have done , and how little we , as undergraduates , were aware of it ! ’ |
| 19 | Kick squats work the muscles of the upper leg . |
| 20 | Then , instead of shaping at the extreme neck edge , or within a few stitches of a fully fashioned neck shaping , work the cable pattern , with two or so stitches between it and the neck edge and work the neck shaping within the cable pattern and the remaining stocking stitch of the shoulder edge . |
| 21 | The ancestor of most dolphins is not clear ( although this is a very active field of research at present ) , and with further work the records of most groups probably will be extended further back in time . |
| 22 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 23 | At this stage , you can use glasspaper to smooth the joint , and work the wood dust into the glue of the mitre to fill any slight gaps . |
| 24 | LONDON 'S landmark statue Eros is back in Piccadilly Circus after five months of restoration work The statue , which will be 100 years old next month , was damaged by drunken revellers two years ago . |
| 25 | ‘ Your people work the river banks . |
| 26 | It is estimated that some 9m now work the equivalent of a full year in agriculture — of which 65% are men and 35% women — although nearly 18m still have an attachment to the land . |
| 27 | The third looks at a different way of providing collective security , and centres on friendly societies bidding for the social security work the Government intends handing over to agencies , or hospitals opting for trust status within the NHS . |
| 28 | ( FAO 1960 : 1 ) , leading to such a condition which should not happen if all people who use and work the land could have the advantage of scientific knowledge relating to soil and water conservation . |
| 29 | A more likely suggestion would be that it is evidence of the estate workers continuing to live on the site and work the land long after the owners , managers or bailiffs had departed . |
| 30 | They are the feudal nobility who own the land , and the landless serfs who work the land . |