put in working order
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In due course it was sent to a cycle repairer in Hampstead to be put in working order.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
The gold mines, which, with two exceptions, have not been worked since the same time, are believed to be scarcely touched, and only await a fostering hand to be put in working order once more.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Recently a complete profit-sharing plan, such as Perkins had worked out for the Steel Trust, was put in working order, and about $200,000 of extra money have been scattered through the pay-envelopes.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
New flowers had been set out in the formal flower beds, the fountains had been repaired and put in working order, and the shrubs 267 and hedges had been trimmed.
From Patty's Friends by Wells, Carolyn
When the station on the Thomson was put in working order, the Imlays exchanged it for one owned by P. P. King, which was situated between their two stations in the Monaro district.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.
