Example sentences of "[noun sg] work [prep] the railway " in BNC.
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| 1 | by the station , her husband worked on the railway there . |
| 2 | Mr Jefferson retired from his post as Naafi produce buyer in 1976 ; his wife worked for the railways during the war . |
| 3 | His wife worked on the railways during the war and had her own fruit and general goods shop for 14 years . |
| 4 | My father worked on the railway and in my conscious life he was a supervisor , he was called an inspector , Inspector . |
| 5 | Stoke area was chosen I suppose because my father worked on the railway and you either worked on the railway or if you lived over Stoke , it was well known for that . |
| 6 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 7 | Most of them were clerks or shop assistants , although there were one or two manual workers , a couple worked on the railways ; nobody was upper class . |