Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] a [adj] job " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) has just done a first-rate job on behalf of the Labour party . |
| 2 | One of the region 's batch of new MPs has already landed a top job in his party . |
| 3 | He rejoined Birmingham as No 2 to Terry Cooper but has always wanted a top job of his own . |
| 4 | Julia has recently got a little job . |
| 5 | She has recently started a new job and feels attracted to a senior female colleague who is rumoured to be gay . |
| 6 | A Coventry couple with two children : she has never had a paid job , he worked until recently in a Birmingham car factory where his last take-home pay was £65 . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've just got a new job at the solicitors in Yonder . |
| 9 | You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong . |
| 10 | Oh dear well you 've certainly made a nice job of it here anyway . |
| 11 | Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career . |
| 12 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 13 | He 's just got a little job to do . |
| 14 | Just because she 's never had a proper job . |
| 15 | The same firm immediately sacked him , because they would have to increase his wages and he 's never had a proper job since . |