Example sentences of "work [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
| 2 | This will enable you to work out the changes you need to make in your diet and plan your own personal ‘ diata ’ . |
| 3 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 4 | His mind was still trying to work out the puzzle she had set him . |
| 5 | kilometres per hour to work out the time it takes we do four thousand divided by three er eight hundred and fifty . |
| 6 | Right I 'll work out the current I 'll work out the resistance |
| 7 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 8 | So we worked out the maximum we 're gon na do is probably two hundred interviews an hour , that 's really over estimating |
| 9 | There was , Henry felt , something rather unsavoury about Maltby. perhaps that was why he had never worked up the notes he had made on the case . |
| 10 | Cos when you 've worked out the questions you can put them at the front . |
| 11 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 12 | work out the things she does if she did n't like quite funny . |
| 13 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |