Example sentences of "[noun sg] worked [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came from a housing estate in Tadley , and her husband worked at the Establishment behind the Falcon Gate . |
| 2 | In Moscow Mr Yavlinsky and a team worked round the clock on the details of the programme . |
| 3 | The Members of that Assembly worked for the good of everyone in Northern Ireland , regardless of religion or politics . |
| 4 | Our friend worked across the landing in the spare bedroom packing them ready for distribution . |
| 5 | Then I turn to the ( in large measure postmodern ) avant-garde of the 1920s and examine how surrealism worked through the opposition between an image-centred culture , associated with the unconscious , and a formalist , word-centred culture , associated with the conscious mind . |
| 6 | Mr Jefferson retired from his post as Naafi produce buyer in 1976 ; his wife worked for the railways during the war . |
| 7 | His wife worked on the railways during the war and had her own fruit and general goods shop for 14 years . |
| 8 | Cook 's father worked for the Pennymans on the estate , and Cook spent part of his childhood here . |
| 9 | Over the next few years , the coalition government worked on the framing of a federal law that laid the foundations of a much larger system of higher education — and opened the door to far more state control over the universities . |
| 10 | Dr Wirin Bhatiani , a senior partner with the Unsworth practice , said the doctor worked in the practice as a GP trainee from August 1991 to March 1992 . |
| 11 | Whether or not there was substance in the belief that London 's prosperity worked to the detriment of provincial cities , the contrast between them was little short of dramatic . |
| 12 | They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives . |
| 13 | A couple worked on the engine of a troop carrier . |
| 14 | In the follow-up work , which continued for several weeks , the class worked on the design of castles inventing all manner of ingenious devices to prevent unwanted intruders or attackers getting in , went on a site visit to a castle , produced drawings and models and carried out a great deal of oral work , all inspired by the original story . |
| 15 | In addition , he became acquainted with Preston Goodfellow , who at this time worked for the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) ; Goodfellow played an important if opaque role in advancing Rhee 's career in 1945–46 . |
| 16 | But gradually the Beni-Gomez family worked on the mind of Alfonso . |
| 17 | Royal power worked through the church in more direct ways . |