operate on something *

Again, you would have thought she was operating on someone else.

Since then, he has been operating on his own from what I heard.

I think he was operating on more than one level.

While operating on the wrong side of the law, he is still a force for good.

Like him, he is often a force for good, while operating on the wrong side of the law.

If you're operating on nothing but who you are really, that always looks good.

"I think we might operate on your father within the next week or so."

The doctor decided to operate on my eyes, and the next morning we got up early.

A director can't operate on the idea that everyone has to like him.

Here Bush was operating on several levels of reality at once.