Example sentences of "as [pers pn] work the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Li Yuan sat there , entranced by the fluency of her playing , the swift certainty of her fingers across the strings , by the passionate tiny movements of her head as she wrought the tune from nothingness . |
| 2 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 3 | There was no point in her dropping out and wrecking the film and , in any case , for as long as she worked the film company would pick up Maisie 's crippling Canadian hospital bills . |
| 4 | She is more cheered , although at first puzzled , by the fact that as she works the excess of Teint Naturel on her skin , her appearance begins to improve . |
| 5 | As they worked the sound of water slapping against the canal walls was a ceaseless accompaniment to their labours . |
| 6 | I saw him grinning ferally as he worked the gun with both hands , spent cartridges flying into the air . |