Example sentences of "[verb] it work " in BNC.
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| 1 | That that 's lubricant that 'll loosen it and let it work its way through nice and gently . |
| 2 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
| 4 | Once they have all departed , the single figure says to himself , ‘ Now let it work : Mischief , thou art afoot , take what course thou wilt . ’ |
| 5 | There is n't , you know , there is n't one thing is that we need to , with the short-term programmes we did n't do it work out the financial we need to go one stage further identify where the labour is |
| 6 | This is a very simple philosophy but , in my experience , I have seen it work time and time again . |
| 7 | He had seen it work while at Delta . |
| 8 | But the Pru was not centralised , so we tried their methodology and we 've made it work . |
| 9 | They wanted to make it work though and they could n't have made it work unless they had had the I mean the right conditions to do so . |
| 10 | You could have you could have made it work . |
| 11 | You could 've made it work if the peasants if the peasants were revolutionary , if the peasants had changed their value system and were n't and that there were very few who were still working within the economy . |
| 12 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 13 | In the end , however attractive the idea of glasnost , it is only as good as the people who must make it work . |
| 14 | This diet , if followed properly , will help you achieve the kind of figure you never dreamed possible but there is only one person in the world who can actually make it work for you — and that 's YOU . |
| 15 | All the parties were the same ( such cynicism from our beautiful people , I thought ) , although , someone droned , ‘ Maybe anarchy would be alright if you could make it work . ’ |
| 16 | Together we will make it work , Hari , believe me , we shall have the finest business in the country . ‘ |
| 17 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |
| 18 | And if the pieces were in place — the right words , above all , and then the right part — he could make it work . |
| 19 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 20 | In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work . |
| 21 | The Japanese take more trouble to find out how the US system really works , and who can make it work for them . |
| 22 | Four times people at higher levels tried to kill it off , and four times the people working on it came back and fought for it , argued for it , provided justification and evidence for why it should continue : ‘ Just give us a little more time ; we know we can make it work . ’ |
| 23 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 24 | but you 're the only one who can make it work by practising it and by trying it . |
| 25 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 26 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 27 | Our unfortunate young friend seems to know the principle , whether he can make it work or not . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll make it work . |
| 29 | But the converse is that if you can make it work you 'll have bought a fair lease on a prime site that you could never have afforded in the ordinary way . |
| 30 | If you think about it , er , there are numbers that will , that will make it work . |