Example sentences of "[verb] to work [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He rode to work every morning on a fine stallion . |
| 3 | A little boy stretched up , struggling to work the plunger . |
| 4 | When the matter under discussion has been aired , the final element in this strategy is to agree to work the issue through together . |
| 5 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 6 | Sylvia agreed to work the streets for him on the understanding he would find out what she wanted to know . |
| 7 | If nobody wants to work the land — well go round by the villa . |
| 8 | The computer asks the child if he or she wants to work the section again or choose another scene . |
| 9 | We tried to work the system , but at times of intensive spraying operations we were asked reduce our area of notification as large areas of the country were blanketed off to military operations . |
| 10 | Faddiness is a manipulation and once it starts to work the problem becomes progressively worse . |
| 11 | After the rough ingots of metal had solidified , a smith would need to work the metal and hammer it out , or perhaps he would make moulds and pour the molten metal into the shaped mould . |
| 12 | And he has to week before he gets any money he has to work a week in arrears , you know , they they |
| 13 | Mind you not everybody has to work every weekend do they ? |
| 14 | BLACK Five No. 44932 , originally programmed to work the Fort William-Mallaig service until November , but was returned prematurely to the Midland Railway Centre for repairs . |
| 15 | In general landowners were expected to work the land and to increase productivity , but not to upset the ecological balance . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Johnny plans to work the climb this summer ; he has already managed all the moves but still has to piece together the sequences . |
| 18 | Lawson was a self-taught oil refinery engineer who cycled to work every day . |
| 19 | Technicians walked out nine days ago when Simon King was suspended for refusing to work a machine blacked by his union . |
| 20 | Around 12 million Africans were captured and transported to work the cotton fields and tobacco and sugar plantations of the Caribbean and North America . |
| 21 | Jackie collected union funds whenever the meagre wages permitted , Joy Prentice came to work every Monday with a swollen lip or a black eye , the wheel kept turning and the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards . |
| 22 | He came to work every day in the week at 6 a.m. and left off at about 9 p.m . |
| 23 | But I do know that great-aunt was not exactly popular after the incident of the farm sale , and eventually John Bell left her so her brother , Great-Uncle William , came to work the farm . |
| 24 | This is an especially good way to work if yours is a basic machine without a ribber and you have decided to work the ribs by hand . |
| 25 | Leith wondered , as she drove to work the next morning , why she had bothered getting the car out , since she was convinced that , his warning unheeded , Naylor Massingham would waste no time in getting her out of his business . |
| 26 | It formed part of a package including a 6 per cent pay rise over one year beginning on June 1 , supplemented by one-off payments to cover April and May , and it was agreed that 18 per cent of the workers in a plant would be allowed to volunteer to work a 40-hour week in the interests of flexibility . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . ) |
| 29 | Housewives simply do not expect to work the same hours in the home as they would in an office or factory . |
| 30 | You 'd have had to work a lot harder if I had n't been around to help with those locks and cook your food , brew endless cups of coffee . |