Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City .
2 Leland and this son Wilfred continued to work for the company .
3 Molly and George needed to work at the adjustment .
4 Cusick even goes so far as to venture an empathy between the teams Verity Lambert assembled to work on the series .
5 Staff at Cardiff-based Rimer-Alco volunteered to work over the bank holiday to prepare special oxygen machines to be flown out next week .
6 Before she should have a chance to wake and discover the edenwort , Henry got to work on the supper .
7 But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally .
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