Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] to work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Superintendent got to work on the telephone . |
| 2 | Nearly two-thirds the work force opted to work outside the law , producing a hidden uncounted 29 per cent of the country 's GNP . |
| 3 | Therefore , the sort of person attracted to work in the bureaucracy on the implementation of such programmes was likely to be sympathetic to them and their commitment to the programmes was likely to grow rather than diminish with time . |
| 4 | Besides , it took time to get the formula right ; one dose began to work on the notes alter only 24 hours . |
| 5 | It was only when cash crops reduced the importance of subsistence agriculture and the amount of forest land declined in districts adjacent to the areas where the new markets had been created that the market economy began to work against the crime . |
| 6 | The Land Commission had to work within the framework of the planning system . |
| 7 | From the early 1940s , the Irish government began to work towards the introduction of a comprehensive health service for mothers and children in line with other legislative developments in Western countries . |
| 8 | As the churning mass swelled within him his resilient Goblin digestive system got to work on the over-abundance of raw material . |
| 9 | This study highlighted a number of problems that family farmers faced when a member of the family came to work on the farm so perhaps it was an opportune time to look at this in more detail . |