Example sentences of "[vb past] to work [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the churning mass swelled within him his resilient Goblin digestive system got to work on the over-abundance of raw material . |
| 2 | The congress also agreed to work towards the establishment of a free market economy , with guarantees protecting private property and foreign investments . |
| 3 | Once back in her office , she tried to work on the promotion of Hindley Foster 's book , but found she was unable to concentrate . |
| 4 | Grandfather James Hauxwell met Grandmother Elizabeth , who was a Bayles , when he came to work on the building of the reservoir , just below Low Birk Hatt . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I began to work on the dog with all I had . |
| 8 | She cut out her morning bathe , cut down her luncheon to minutes , stuck to work till the end of the afternoon ( Concentrate , Do n't stop : if Michel can do his kind of reading in an open car in the street … ) . |
| 9 | She gently rocked the chair to and fro as she started to work on the head of a unicorn in white embroidery cotton . |
| 10 | At an early stage the archbishop and ten of his suffragans had signed a declaration that they intended no prejudice to the king by their support for the reforms , and the Ordainers themselves swore to work for the benefit of church , king and people . |
| 11 | I decided to work on the problem at home . |
| 12 | One reason I chose to work in the USA for 1994 was to watch England win the WC ; - ) |
| 13 | Last month , Iran 's new leader , President Hashemi Rafsanjani , offered to work for the release of the American hostages held by Islamic extremists in Lebanon along with 10 other foreigners . |
| 14 | Using the alias Frederique Bonlieu , Cabon wrote to Greenpeace claiming she shared their views , and when she arrived in Auckland on 3 April 1985 offered to work for the organisation without salary . |
| 15 | That 's another story , where they were , and if you 're interested , downstairs there 's a very good map that shows you superimposed on a modern map of Oxford where they were , but they very much affected citizens in the St Aldate 's , because every citizen , and every scholar who was still in the university , between the ages of 16 and 60 had to work on the fortifications at least one day a week , or pay a shilling fine . |
| 16 | The Land Commission had to work within the framework of the planning system . |
| 17 | Spontaneity was given organised form on 11 October when antislavery delegates from Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Gloucester , Taunton , Devizes and Westbury met at Bath and resolved to work for the end of apprenticeship by August 1838 . |
| 18 | During this time he continued to work on the design of docks and harbours in the Isle of Man , the river Mersey , and Cardiff , as well as many of the Trinity House lighthouses . |
| 19 | but continued to work within the Party until the end of November 1936 . |
| 20 | He was educated at Ochiltree and Coylton village schools until , at 12 , he left to work on the pithead of Trabboch colliery . |
| 21 | But there are Republicans in both the House and Senate who wanted to work with the president towards deficit reduction . |
| 22 | The initial decision at congress to enter the formal political arena was taken to defend the trading interests of cooperation against incursions by the state , and when sponsored candidates were elected to parliament they tended to work within the brief by monitoring legislation . |