Example sentences of "to work [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately set to work unpiling the pile of broken gargoyles . |
| 2 | Sam was n't privileged to meet them either as he 'd been set to work whitewashing the Barracks , which they never got around to inspecting . |
| 3 | In July 1979 she moved into the 50,000 apartment and immediately set to work furnishing the rooms in a warm but simple Habitat style . |
| 4 | If you want it not to work use the slash B Okay slash B and that 's it . |
| 5 | A 1:50,000 flat sheet map of the area was quickly acquired and I set to work scouring the area for my standard size circles , using Gresford All Saints as a perimeter marker . |
| 6 | Having obtained this , he set to work to enclose the parish and to rearrange its landscape . |
| 7 | He also appealed to all Beninois to return to work to lay the basis for economic revival , while the transitional government implemented an economic structural adjustment programme and negotiated for external financial resources . |
| 8 | All the forces of Chaos were brought to bear , and the mightiest sorcerers of the Chaos army set to work to breach the spell-walls around the island . |
| 9 | As far as the knowledge and business enterprise of the producers reach , they in each case choose those factors of production which are best for their purpose , the sum of the supply prices of those factors which are used is , as a rule , less than the sum of the supply prices of any other set of factors which could be substituted for them ; and whenever it appears to the producers that this is not the case , they will , as a rule , set to work to substitute the less expensive method . |
| 10 | When Thompson joined Goldsmiths ' twenty years ago as head of painting , succeeding Andrew Forge , he immediately set to work amalgamating the painting and sculpture departments into a homogenous fine art course , believing that the old craft distinctions between the media were philosophically untenable . |
| 11 | Beauty therapist Suzanne set to work to reduce the Santa spread by preparing Frigi-Thalgo . |
| 12 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |
| 13 | The plumber then set to work encasing the ‘ mummy ’ in its close-fitting anthropoid shell after which the carpenter 's men put it into its outer wooden case , upholstered in rich blue velvet . |
| 14 | MICROPROCESSORS are beginning to go to work to raise the quality of the Third World 's agricultural products . |
| 15 | Alan Neilson , from RS 's Safety Engineering Systems failed to return to work following the Christmas break . |
| 16 | Carey set to work clearing the jungle and erecting a little bamboo hut with fences to keep out tigers ! |
| 17 | CHASTENED COGNOS SETS TO WORK PUTTING THE WHEELS BACK ON ITS WAGON |
| 18 | NEW APPROACH TO WORK EXPERIENCE The Institute 's new work experience guidelines reconcile the irreconcilable and add more flexibility to its training arrangements |
| 19 | First , came that Sunday when members of the congregation , with the help of friends from all over the City and beyond , even via Tiberias , on Lake Galilee , set to work to prepare the whole church for Christian Aid . |