Example sentences of "was worked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From the 1780s , the mill was worked for the production of both white and brown paper , passing through the hands of J. Stephens , W. Stephens and James Stevens .
2 Pressure was worked on the scale of ‘ megabars ’ .
3 Using just four rows of pattern , this sample was worked on the Singer Big Nine and after the first four rows was extremely easy to work .
4 Darren Brine , who had a fine game , had a good run down the left and when the ball was worked into the midfield , ‘ Click ’ Clarke was on hand to hammer it home .
5 It was a straw bonnet , biscuit-coloured and it was worked round the edges with red ; I suppose it was thin cord ; but it had red round it and red on the top .
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