Example sentences of "[vb past] worked at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandra , but she preferred Sandy , told us that she 'd worked at the Exhilarator for five months but was just biding her time before she could move away from her mother and get her own place in London . |
| 2 | But it would have been costly because he 'd worked at the paper for so long . |
| 3 | Mr Walker sought advice from a colleague who , some years earlier , had worked at the Chester Beatty in preparation from her doctorate . |
| 4 | For five years she had worked at the Ashmolean before moving across the street to The Randolph ; and for the latter part of that time she had actually worked for Dr Kemp , amongst others . |
| 5 | Maureen , 44 — who had worked at the Gateshead mill for ten years — declared : ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had put my name to it . |
| 6 | He had worked at the idea with all the intensity of youth , and now it was about to bear fruit . |
| 7 | During the summer breaks from university , he had worked at the sausage factory where his father was manager . |
| 8 | Courtney had worked at the Whipps Cross and Charing Cross hospitals in England , at Dublin 's University College hospital , in Saudi Arabia and at the Royal Free hospital and medical school , where he was researching a project on caesarian sections . |
| 9 | Filmmakers were rarely imported from outside ( Thorold Dickinson , who was allowed in to make Secret People in 1952 , could be regarded as an ‘ old boy ’ since he had worked at the studio during Basil Dean 's time ) and , with five directors responsible for two-thirds of the films made at the studio between 1942 and 1955 , there was little competition inside the studio , and no exposure to fresh ideas from outside . |
| 10 | She had been a member of the bank 's board of management since November 1991 and had worked at the bank for 30 years . |
| 11 | Fourth , the Roman choreographer Pietro Sodi had worked at the Comédie ltalienne from around 1746 , where his brother Charles ( C.1715–88 ) was violinist and composer . |
| 12 | Mr. Tom Andrews , whom I remember as a very old man , had worked at The White Hart Hotel and even in his old age was in demand if a ham had to be sliced for a wedding or similar function . |
| 13 | For thousands of years the ocean had worked at the chalk cliffs and eventually brought down these trees , and because the place was so isolated and difficult to reach , the branches had escaped use as firewood . |