Example sentences of "[noun] worked [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 2 | While the magnificence of the result could justify the fact that The Red Shoes cost twice as much as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp , there were many cases where the extravagance worked against the final result , and Michael Powell has recalled that he became ‘ impatient at the complacency of my associates about the mounting costs of our films . ’ |
| 3 | Jean worked in the same department as a Spotter and Darner since she joined the company in 1969 . |
| 4 | ‘ Shannon worked on the same production . ’ |
| 5 | The second Earl of Clarendon was involved in the Preston Plot of 1690 , as was Bishop Turner of Ely , whilst at various times Charles Leslie and George Hickes worked for the exiled Court . |
| 6 | Chaucer worked in the first Customs House , and Pepys saw the building of the first wet dock at Blackwall . |
| 7 | Doctor Howe worked for the Open University and was based at their centre at Boars Hill on the outskirts of Oxford . |
| 8 | In 1904–8 Malcolm worked in the military operations directorate of the War Office during the period of reform associated with R. B. Brett , second Viscount Esher [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | and the people worked in the big hotels |
| 10 | Irene worked from the simplest beginnings — a stretch , a curve , a step forwards or backwards — into tremendous variety of movement , delighting us with her physical and mental flexibility , and a sense of humour which needed no translation . |
| 11 | Mr Hann worked in the financial services industry before becoming a lawyer . |
| 12 | Macmillan worked on the American fear that a crisis in Anglo-American relations might contribute to a Conservative defeat at the next election . |
| 13 | The first is that the CED worked with the semantic pairs , in the sense that it gave a statistically significant result , but it does not in this investigation . |
| 14 | Of course dad worked at the other pit , that was where he lived . |
| 15 | Robyn worked at the pained expression and tried to decide what limb she should choose . |
| 16 | His family believe it was because his father , Phillip worked at the atomic weapons plant at Aldermaston . |
| 17 | Although Hilda 's husband Percy worked in the public health department , he was a part-time fireman for 25 years . |
| 18 | A friend of Probst , H. Gruber and Pastor Martin Niemoller , Hartwell worked with the Confessing Church to aid the escape of Jews from Germany . |
| 19 | McIntosh worked in the discretionary fund management operation of the firm and also looked after the dealing and institutional sales side . |
| 20 | Henry worked at the Foreign Office in London , where ambiguity had been raised to an art form . |