Example sentences of "began to work [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 3 | Besides , it took time to get the formula right ; one dose began to work on the notes alter only 24 hours . |
| 4 | He began to work on the body , aiming for the solar plexus all the time . |
| 5 | Eventually he shrugged , drew out his skeleton-key pouch and began to work on the lock . |
| 6 | Beginning in September they began to work on the current German and Austrian week ( 17 to 21 May ) searching for consignments spanning the centuries and media . |
| 7 | Having decided that the vantage point for the watercolour in Figure 1 was the right one I then began to work on the overall design of the final work . |
| 8 | I began to work on the dog with all I had . |
| 9 | The possibility of a long poem clearly inspired him and , almost as soon as he had settled himself with the Mirrlees , he began to work upon the next poem in the sequence . |
| 10 | 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 . |