Example sentences of "works the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We get all , I , all he comes home , we works the horses in the morning and goes and stays you see overnight and |
| 2 | An acquaintance who is well-informed as to the intentions of the Liberals writes to me that they propose to make a big plan of public works the centre of their election programme . |
| 3 | No , he actually works the land . |
| 4 | then he works the hours required . |
| 5 | Without this machine the best method is to do dead lifts ; the negative part of this exercise ( resistance to dropping ) really works the leg biceps very hard . |
| 6 | He works the plot over the road , the Yamacraw . |
| 7 | The former works the soleus ( lower ) muscle more , while the latter works the gastronemius ( upper ) muscle . |
| 8 | Before he had fully conceived the idea of The Four Quartets , he had remarked that what drew him to Beethoven was that in these last works the composer did what he himself had sought to do in poetry — and may have actually done in ‘ forty or fifty lines ’ — namely to ‘ get beyond ’ that art . |
| 9 | She is more cheered , although at first puzzled , by the fact that as she works the excess of Teint Naturel on her skin , her appearance begins to improve . |
| 10 | " Mum works the day shift , Dad works the night shift and I fill up all the gaps . |
| 11 | He is not quite as good as Mike Gatting , who works the ball all along the ground on both sides of the wicket , but Graham now has no fear of stepping down the track to any spinner and planting the ball firmly over long-on . |
| 12 | " Mum works the day shift , Dad works the night shift and I fill up all the gaps . |
| 13 | Certainly , in many of his works the Prince has juggled well with the varied problems of painting and has produced a sensitive and interesting result . |
| 14 | In both works the centrepiece is a soprano solo reverently rendered on this occasion by Linda Howie . |
| 15 | 3.2 The Landlord shall procure that as soon as in the opinion of the Architect the Works on the Premises are sufficiently advanced to enable the Tenant to commence and carry out the Tenant 's Works the Architect shall give notice to the Tenant to that effect |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In both works the Americans are the more relaxed , the more openly expressive . |
| 18 | Just the winding that works the shifts . |
| 19 | You have to give him credit : he keeps his cool and works the percentages . |
| 20 | Sailing upwind works the boat over the waves gently . |
| 21 | You find an awful lot of things talking to Fred who works the filter press , y'know . |
| 22 | She works the room like a pro , an affectionate star turn . |
| 23 | Correct squatting works the quadriceps , the leg biceps , the calves and the glutei and also gives the heart and lungs a good work-out . |
| 24 | The former works the soleus ( lower ) muscle more , while the latter works the gastronemius ( upper ) muscle . |
| 25 | Secondly , there is in these works the assumption , not demonstrated , that therefore lawyers are to be thought of as social controllers . |
| 26 | Ahmad , known as Ibn al-Wafa " ( Ibn Vefa : d. 896/1491 ) , visited Molla Husrev every day but did not visit Molla Gurani the latter said : " He does right in that , for Molla Husrev is a scholar noted for knowledge and works the visiting of whom is necessary . |
| 27 | Only , the Egyptian is normally skirted and , while putting the left foot forward , keeps all the weight on the right , whereas in the Greek works the weight is evenly distributed , as though in the act of walking . |
| 28 | In the standard works the need to protect the client from the consequences of his own ignorance have been emphasised . |
| 29 | Greek and Roman objects were the first works the Met acquired after its founding in 1870 , but in recent years the department has figured far less prominently than other areas which have undergone elaborate reinstallation . |
| 30 | As the clearing up began , John Perry , who works the farm with his elderly mother started rounding up the herd . |