Example sentences of "work [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was supposed to work the other way round .
2 However , it is possible to work the other way round .
3 Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time .
4 when , when I went in to work the other day , Pete says I do n't know about that , that Kenwood stuff
5 For every dollar you spend on software , he alleges that you 'll spend between one and a half and two dollars simply on getting that software to work the other software you have .
6 She had had to work the first Sunday .
7 And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated .
8 A constable who in the course of patrolling sees something which in his opinion is of a suspicious character , should satisfy himself one way or the other before proceeding to work the remaining portion of his ground .
9 In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements .
10 To work the new service a fleet of thirty-one Class 91 140mph locomotives and matching set of Mk 4 stock have been ordered .
11 I suspected there was a mystery behind his banal description of a parchment-seller born and raised at Nantes in Brittany ; a stationer who knew how to work the new presses from Gutenberg and , for reasons he kept to himself , had moved both his family and business to England .
12 He also had to work the two arm levers and extend the gun barrel on cue .
13 Thon wee Marie Tress that used to work the upper circle got stuck ahint the safe in the office way him an he vernear tane the blouse affer .
14 They are designed to work the various muscle groups from slightly different angles , and will enable you to vary your routines according to your requirements .
15 permission to enlarge Thornton Heath depôt to accommodate the additional cars which would be necessary to work the enlarged system and to provide an entrance in Whitehall Road .
16 Would it be necessary to work the mock-miracle trick again during the show ?
17 Side leg exercises can be done to work the outer thigh area , and a wide variety of scissor-type exercises can be done for the hips and lower stomach areas , ( More advanced stomach exercises can be carried out using weights if desired . )
18 For the eye to work the following minimum perfectly coordinated steps have to take place ( there are many others happening simultaneously , but even a grossly simplified description is enough to point up the problems for Darwinian theory ) .
19 Emily Lightbody came back to work the following Monday .
20 Yanto 's head throbbed abominably as he cycled slowly to work the following morning , but at least it was Saturday , he told himself thankfully .
21 Since Croydon Corporation 's tramway system was leased to the B.E.T. , the fact that the Penge services and the Mitcham/Sutton services would be separated by about two miles of Corporation owned track was thought to be of little consequence and it was intended to work the whole system as one with lengthy through services , under the ‘ Croydon & District Tramways ’ fleet name .
22 There were insufficient vehicles in the first delivery to work the whole service between Sutton and Croydon and several of the earlier 1–60 batch ex-L.U.T. trolleybuses , known as ‘ Diddlers ’ because of the clicking noise their contactors made , had to be used during the first few weeks .
23 It took me less than ten minutes to work the whole thing out . ’
24 Just try and remember what we were doing but the pig about resistance is it 's one over and think ooh we 're all into weird fractions and everything seems to work the opposite way round to the way you 'd expect it .
25 You managed to work the old thing .
26 I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily .
27 Housewives simply do not expect to work the same hours in the home as they would in an office or factory .
28 After her success with Kate Moss , Sarah now hopes to work the same magic with Kate 's brother Nick , who is 16 and still a schoolboy in Croydon .
29 ( I saw a party of friends — all knowing that their host and hostess must either clear up before retiring , or rise early before going to work the next day — whisking round to help before they left .
30 GPs will often find themselves in a situation where they are working one day , they are on duty all night , and then have to work the next day as well .
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