Example sentences of "working [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Hey 's eldest son , Melling ( 1808–65 ) , was described as a fancy weaver when his elder children were baptised between 1836 and 1842 , but when his last child was baptised in 1846 he was working as a labourer and in the 1851 census returns his occupation was given as groom . |
| 2 | And sadly , Olympic rowers are n't the only ones feeling the pinch … on the eve of a new international rugby season Gloucester 's World Cup hero Mike Teague is seeking compensation from the sport 's governing body Iron man Mike claims the shoulder injury he suffered while playing for England has stopped him from working as a builder and he 's lost between three and five thousand pounds in earnings . |
| 3 | Haslemere replied with their forwards working as a unit and gaining tremendous ground . |
| 4 | He did his preregistration year and a year of vocational training in general practice but then stopped working as a doctor until he opened an allergy clinic in 1982 . |
| 5 | I had always enjoyed working in the commercial sector and was missing the action so I got a job in Singapore in March , 1992 and am working as a sales and marketing manger in an electrical engineering company . |
| 6 | The conclusion drawn was that it was the fact that the group was working as a team that was important . |
| 7 | So I am used to that process of working as a team and to delegating responsibility to the team and then of course monitoring and checking the results of the team . |
| 8 | After the US-backed coup against Arbenz , Liliam was forced to leave Guatemala and return to El Salvador , working as a teacher and with the FMS . |
| 9 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 10 | The sisters were separated , Lore working as a maid and the others going to foster parents . |
| 11 | San Francisco self-funded start-up Metron Technology has been working for a year and a half to develop some innovative , object-oriented , automated testing and performance debugging software for developing multi-processor and distributed Unix applications . |
| 12 | ‘ You know , Hank , if you really want to write for a living you should go to London and Edinburgh , go to Europe , too — perhaps try working for a newspaper or magazine . |
| 13 | At the lowest level in the TNC hierarchy , the operatives , there is clearly a reputational element at work , in so far as working for a company that has an international name appears to mean something positive for most people . |
| 14 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 15 | The last point is demonstrated by the fact that according to Johnson 's definition neither a lawyer working for a company nor a lawyer working for a neighbourhood centre would be a professional . |
| 16 | The C Os may actually be working for a week or two and never see an E O. |
| 17 | You might , of course , approach the problem from the other end , by working for an outfit where the tax-man 's writ does not run . |
| 18 | Working towards a goal or climax |
| 19 | Unix System Laboratories Inc is working towards a schedule that will have its distributed system management scheme out before the Open Software Foundation 's rival Distributed Management Environment . |
| 20 | Henley began registering research students in the early 1970 's and at any one time has over sixty people working towards an MPhil or PhD with the College . |
| 21 | Henley began registering research students in the early 1970s and at any one time has over sixty people working towards an MPhil or PhD with the College . |
| 22 | She 's working like a beaver and improving in leaps and bounds . ’ |
| 23 | On the other hand , she could stick to her original plan , working like a slave but remaining faithful to Andrew in her heart . |
| 24 | This thin bar is pushed down to the level of the trimmer head , and is claimed to prevent wear on the cord when working near a tree or wall , that would normally abrade the nylon cord . |
| 25 | District and constituency offices were similarly involved and in many areas the national example was followed , with the agents of both parties working under a mayor or lord lieutenant . |
| 26 | Finally Section 5 deals with Design Consideration : Architectural and Services as a detailed guidance for architects working with a schedule and the room descriptions to prepare notional plans and drawings . |
| 27 | Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn are far more important , because working with a portastudio and a mixing desk in the rehearsal room will teach a novice engineer a lot about sound mixing . |
| 28 | ( 9 ) Looking at art , architecture , inscriptions or statues , etc. ( 10 ) Working with a map or atlas . |
| 29 | In my own drama teaching I rarely use games with a class that I know well , but when I 'm working with a class that I 've not met before I often begin the session with a short concentration exercise and then a simple game . |
| 30 | Working with a lipbrush and pencil is the key to perfectly applied lipstick . |