Example sentences of "who work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second story came from Branson himself , and arose from a tip-off from a journalist named Carla Dobson who worked as the assistant to the Daily Mail gossip-columnist Nigel Dempster . |
| 2 | However , the superintendents and foremen who worked on the factory floor , many having themselves been skilled machinists , sided with the operators and consequently nothing happened to change the balance of power . |
| 3 | The family of a murder victim have accepted a donation to a trust fund in their son 's name from detectives who worked on the case . |
| 4 | He may have been the ‘ Maister Vartu ’ who worked on the church of St Mary-at-Hill in London in 1502 , and the ‘ Vertu the mason ’ paid for a new window at St Anthony 's Hospital , Threadneedle Street , London . |
| 5 | Graham Evans , of Blundellsands , was an apprentice who worked on the Spirit of Merseyside and later served aboard as bosun . |
| 6 | Large areas of the South and West remained untouched by the growth of the manufacturing industries , and in spite of the stimulating effect of the Napoleonic Wars upon certain sections of the economy , most of those who worked on the land steadily became poorer . |
| 7 | If it is hard to generalize about the pattern of farming , it is no easier to summarize the resources or standing of the men who worked on the land . |
| 8 | Design faults at the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania would make it impossible for operators to control a nuclear accident , according to engineers who worked on the plant 's construction . |
| 9 | I did have a chin tuck , and the lady who worked on the book with me said , ‘ Now , Elizabeth , you know we 're going to be together for months and we have to be absolutely honest with each other . |
| 10 | There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd have to get hold of someone who worked on the project to tell you the details . |
| 12 | Reynolds said , ‘ You say that of all the people who worked on the project , none of them are still here ? ’ |
| 13 | These are made by a gentleman called Adrian er erm who worked on the house as a as a labourer er but was so taken with it all he took to becoming a medieval furniture maker , has been ever since . |
| 14 | The gipsy , who worked on the farm ? ’ he cried . |
| 15 | When I er er were in the tool room at , Newark at the age of twenty one plus , you see , not twenty two er I was approached then by a shop steward who worked on the bench , was a fitter . |
| 16 | No , Mr Patel was very sorry , no , he had not seen the face of the man who worked on the car . |
| 17 | The aim was to give an impression of the atmosphere of the line and its district A particular point made was that the BCRS wishes to contact people who worked on the line or have other personal reminiscences of it . |
| 18 | Assistance must likely be uncovered through direct observation , or through accounts of people who worked with the visionary . |
| 19 | One of the early residents was a shepherd , who worked for the farmer who owned the farm on the hill behind the building , and the stock grazed on the open fields . |
| 20 | Servants were people who worked for the government or for a company : in Kufra 68 per cent , in Ajdabiya 52 per cent of men were government servants , about one third of them conscripts . |
| 21 | Yong 's father was appalled at the idea , but was finally persuaded to invest in fifty tons of raw salt , to be used in the curing of the venison which abounded in the Eastern islands , as well as several hundred plastic chairs , and a quantity of spare diving equipment for the pearl-shellers who worked for the Aru branch of the Tan family . |
| 22 | Most of the guys who worked for the company were gay — and Cherry Vanilla was the female press officer — she was outrageous . |
| 23 | The photograph shows ex-shop manager Jim Charlton ( right ) who worked for the company for 51 years , with new Midland Mills manager Peter Seward and his three-year-old daughter Emma , who is sporting the latest Jarol gear . |
| 24 | In the Annual Report published in July , Hugh Laughland , Chairman of Stoddard Sekers International PLC , praised the efforts of all who worked for the company . |
| 25 | Val Smith , 35 , who worked for the company for 19 years before she was sacked , said : ‘ Closure has always been on the cards . |
| 26 | In the book The Soul of a New Machine , Tracy Kidder quotes a secretary who worked for the Eagle Team under the visionary Tom West . |
| 27 | Yet another suspect category were the many spetsy ( bourgeois specialists ) who worked for the Commissariat . |
| 28 | Over lunch , Dobson regaled Branson with a tale of how Private Eye had suppressed a story about adulterous liaisons at a national newspaper — precisely the kind of story in which the Eye habitually delighted — because of the interests of some Eye contributors who worked for the paper . |
| 29 | In 1961 the Club was developing a more commercial approach to itself , in no small measure owing to Jack Webb who worked for the Club 's accountant , Spencer Ell . |
| 30 | I had a friend who worked for the oil people , and I decided to stay after a visit to this place . |