on a/the switchboard
Frequency: 6.57.3 per million words
Indicates the location or position of working.
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Examples (10)
- The operator was busy on the switchboard all morning.
- He had worked on a switchboard for over twenty years.
- She learned how to connect calls efficiently on the switchboard.
- A young man was stationed on the switchboard, directing traffic.
- During emergencies, the lines can get overwhelmed, but the team stays calm on the switchboard.
- In the past, many jobs involved working directly on a switchboard.
- The elderly gentleman recalled his days on the switchboard during the war.
- Could you please ask the person on the switchboard to transfer my call?
- Before automated systems, connecting to people often meant speaking to someone on a switchboard.
- The historical drama depicted the intense work of operators on the switchboard.