Example sentences of "[prep] a working [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | And there is a point of view from which Ronald Fraser might be seen as a man of Marxist leanings who paid a professional adviser what may have been a fair whack of a working man 's wages to enquire with him into the deficiencies of his affective life . |
2 | But to prise 4d out of a working man 's pocket , the slogans and graphics had to have street appeal . |
3 | A taunting display of leisure time frivolity right in the face of a working man 's day . |
4 | Higgs believed that the services of a working man 's wife were more valuable economically when they were employed at home than in the labour market . |
5 | I sort of looked on the on the board and saw a thirteen two pony for sale been shown last year so it 's probably a sort of a working man 's pony , you know , that sort of class . |
6 | A mid-week meeting with a member of Diana 's circle in the incongruous circumstances of a working men 's cafe in North Ruislip outside London was the turning point . |
7 | In John v. Matthews ( 1970 D.C. ) a packet of cigarettes , displayed in the bar of a working men 's club bore the statement ‘ 3d. off . ’ |
8 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
9 | His father , with a working man 's regard for hired finery , picked it up , smoothed it and stood draping it over his arm like an outfitter 's assistant . |
10 | Gigs with a working men 's club band and a solo stint in a club in Saltburn . |
11 | I booked them into a working men 's cabaret club in South Wales . |
12 | Now that 's the kind of information that is absolutely vital for them to understand , in fact for us — I mean I myself am from the Third World — to understand what the problems are , but which can only be achieved with centres in the developed countries that are prepared to make this into a working programme erm for the benefit of both , because in very many cases improving erm the lot of the Third World on the question of revenue from commodities will also improve their position , or the British or the American , or the European consumer , by eliminating intermediaries and so on and so forth . |
13 | And the he sent one of my lads we used to do a lot in the area for him , and obviously he ca n't afford to spend too much so h we sent one man in the little van to get this pool table from a working man 's club in New in er Nottingham . |
14 | It 's summer 1992 , a poetry reading evening in a working men 's club . |
15 | It may Lie that the sale of cigarettes for the same purpose to a working men 's club is a consumer sale . |