Example sentences of "and work the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. For centuries , groups of farmers have lived together in villages and worked the land around each village to a distance of about 1.5–2.0 km . |
| 2 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 3 | He picked up her hand and put it on his cock ; then placed his own hand over hers and made her squeeze ; it was hot , even under the rough material of his trousers , and rolled about clumsily over the squidgier sack of his balls ; but he was panting , making stirring motions with his knees against her legs , working with his free hand at his waistband , until he freed himself from his flies and had wrapped her hand around his naked cock ; he spat on his hand and worked the spittle onto the skin , and when he made her hold him again , she felt the wetness on her fingers , and drying fast as he pumped himself up and down over her hand , pinning her hand under his . |
| 4 | Orders came in just as easily that way as they did when you strolled around and worked the room as you were supposed to . |
| 5 | Warm hands spanned her ribcage , and worked the fabric of her shirt slowly upwards . |
| 6 | Then he pulled the Beretta from its holster and worked the slide . |
| 7 | Meanwhile ‘ Hinton Manor ’ went light engine to Shrewsbury and worked the excursion coaches from there leaving Machynlleth at 1310 and arriving in Barmouth at 1341 . |
| 8 | A succession of processes reheating and working the metal with chisels creates the rams horns ; then the head , mouth and eyes . |
| 9 | In the right circumstances , horses can also learn affection for a person — which not only makes training a horse so much easier , but makes riding and working the horse such a pleasure . |
| 10 | Ahmad , known as Ibn al-Wafa " ( Ibn Vefa : d. 896/1491 ) , visited Molla Husrev every day but did not visit Molla Gurani the latter said : " He does right in that , for Molla Husrev is a scholar noted for knowledge and works the visiting of whom is necessary . |
| 11 | Her eldest son still has the job he had then in an electronics factory 300 miles away ; her daughter , who was a giggly schoolgirl 15 years ago , is now the mother of three boys ; and her youngest son is now also married and works the family 's half acre of land with his father . |
| 12 | At this stage , you can use glasspaper to smooth the joint , and work the wood dust into the glue of the mitre to fill any slight gaps . |
| 13 | But most of those fighting girls have sold themselves out to the big operators , and work the male kick themselves , clitoris or no clitoris . |
| 14 | ( FAO 1960 : 1 ) , leading to such a condition which should not happen if all people who use and work the land could have the advantage of scientific knowledge relating to soil and water conservation . |
| 15 | A more likely suggestion would be that it is evidence of the estate workers continuing to live on the site and work the land long after the owners , managers or bailiffs had departed . |
| 16 | I do n't think that its readers can have had much trouble in finding in the life and work the responsiveness Ackroyd finds in them . |
| 17 | Leave the brush in the oil for several hours , or longer , and then remove it and squeeze out the oil and work the brush backwards and forwards over plain brown paper or the side of a clean carton . |
| 18 | Loosen the support when the competition is over and work the wrist in such a way as to maintain its range of movement . |
| 19 | When the fruit is soft and the liquid well coloured either place the cooked fruit in a sieve and work the pulp with a wooden spoon until as much as possible of the fruit has passed through the mesh or use a liquidizer . |
| 20 | A relatively static subject like this is best shot from off a tripod which would enable you to keep well back and work the zoom towards the telephoto end of the range for close-ups without risking spoiling your shots through camera-shake . |
| 21 | Then , instead of shaping at the extreme neck edge , or within a few stitches of a fully fashioned neck shaping , work the cable pattern , with two or so stitches between it and the neck edge and work the neck shaping within the cable pattern and the remaining stocking stitch of the shoulder edge . |