Example sentences of "work the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Or you can work the herd and watch it grow , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | By adjusting the controls , the workers had managed to ‘ work the system ’ to their own advantage . |
| 4 | Those who are technologically and informationally illiterate find themselves unable to ‘ work the system ’ . |
| 5 | But in a terrible state and his hands shook so that he could not work the door-bolt . |
| 6 | The slaves would work the cane , the Spaniards had already demonstrated how well they tolerated the crop 's conditions , and most of the slaves were strong , young males . |
| 7 | No , it works the text does n't work the colour the on screen display , one of them , in n it ? and one of them and that er and that . |
| 8 | Some writers have suggested that men get paid more than women because women can neither work the hours necessary to earn the higher rates , nor do they possess the skills to get the better jobs because of the time and effort they expend on the care of home and children . |
| 9 | One complained in 1802 : " In the factory we can never work the hours we can at home , nor make the best of our time . |
| 10 | She does not work the streets , but puts ads in newspapers and leaves cards in London telephone boxes . |
| 11 | In order not to miss the fair , he would work the night shift and so have the day tree . |
| 12 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
| 13 | Most of them know enough about their swings to make minor compensations and can work the ball around the course quite adequately since they can all revert to a ‘ bread and butter ’ swing , usually with ‘ bread and butter ’ results . |
| 14 | Bud-chugging Dan turned John Goodman into a huge ( ha ha ) star , a remarkable portrayal of the sit-com hubby — neither a blithering , henpecked twerp who ca n't work the dishwasher , nor a big-mouthed house-yob , he is still dogged with outdated gender-expectations and prefers the company of motorbikes and poker-buddies . |
| 15 | That might work the underside , but the upperside would require a curved spokeshave , such an awkward bit of kit to use that mine stays permanently sharp . |
| 16 | There was genetic inheritance , of course , and Paul was … well … crude , like all boys , but it did n't work the way Omi was suggesting , nothing like it . |
| 17 | Not that it did n't work the way we did it , but it worked in a different way . ’ |
| 18 | In that case , the ’ branching ratio ’ is a suitable number which makes the calculations work the way we want . |
| 19 | Then a large warm hand clamped over her own fumbling fingers and gently removed them so that he could work the latch . |
| 20 | When the telegram arrived , Joan and I went for a walk so that I could work the adrenalin out of my system . |
| 21 | He was a retired thatcher and he used to come and work the bees , as he said , at the saddler 's where I was apprentice . |
| 22 | And he knoc , and you do n't work the Friday . |
| 23 | But do n't work the poet business so hard . |
| 24 | There was no way she could work the boat unaided , back through all those locks , to the original moorings . |
| 25 | She was prying open the weave of the bag so that she could work the handle of her riding crop into it . |
| 26 | I and other girls and women , we 'd work the Dhenki , husking the rice , or sometimes we 'd go to the fields carrying tobacco and food for my brothers-in-law and cousins who were working there . |
| 27 | I let him work the slot screen for me and point out the sights . |
| 28 | It was alright , I did n't mind working the flail and the two could work the flail together . |
| 29 | D6812 which will work the train to Banbury . |
| 30 | When you analyse the ‘ hockey sticks ’ you usually find the claim that , despite all practical experience to the contrary , a simultaneous combination of your own increasing volume with increased prices will work the miracle . |