Example sentences of "it had [adv] work " in BNC.

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1	She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating .
2	All this may seem obvious , but in fact it had not worked out like that in the earlier days of the cutters as I recall .
3	They had drifted into a brief alliance now because she was out of work and he was at a loose end emotionally , but it had not worked .
4	I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker .
5	If it had n't worked out , I would simply have carried on road riding . ’
6	‘ Pretty rough on your mother if it had n't worked out , ’ said Julia .
7	It had n't worked , of course , just made the others frightened .
8	It had n't worked that way .
9	I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way .
10	She was only half alive , an empty shell who 'd sought to hide her deficiencies by becoming a part of a team , but it had n't worked .
11	It had n't worked .
12	Though he might have intended to remain cool and detached , unmoved , it had n't worked that way .
13	It had also wrought a fundamental shift in power between the PLO and the Arab world , and within the Palestinian community between the PLO and the people of the territories .
14	But it had better work . ’
15	‘ It had better work , ’ he said softly .
16	It had never worked and it would n't now .
17	The clocks are very expensive — some costing more than ten thousand pounds , but even in the depths of a recession the firm thought it had enough work to keep it ticking over .
18	How well it had all worked out !
19	Jezrael walked inside , scarcely believing it had all worked .

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