Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] worked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dad was a coach builder and my mum worked at the gas board . |
| 2 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 3 | She came from a housing estate in Tadley , and her husband worked at the Establishment behind the Falcon Gate . |
| 4 | She had long since realized her husband worked for the government , but he had never discussed it with her , much less told her he was a spy . |
| 5 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |
| 6 | Impelled by a personal plea for haste from Sir Harry Marriott himself , Dr Barnard and his team worked through the night . |
| 7 | His wife worked on the railways during the war and had her own fruit and general goods shop for 14 years . |
| 8 | Mr Jefferson retired from his post as Naafi produce buyer in 1976 ; his wife worked for the railways during the war . |
| 9 | Our friend worked across the landing in the spare bedroom packing them ready for distribution . |