Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adj] job [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Get to work , Isaac — and make a good job of it . |
2 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
3 | But then they got their own van and they did most of them , er but then again they they a called on us and said Can you come and do a little job for us ? |
4 | As the romance blossomed , he moved from Enfield to be nearer her home in Coatbridge and obtained a new job in the Computer Department at Stoddard . |
5 | The femininity of Woman with its emphasis on the role of wife and mother , is vastly different from that of Cosmopolitan , where the feminine woman is encouraged to be adventurous in catching the most sexually desirable man , retaining him for as long as he is interesting , and getting a super job into the bargain . |
6 | He had said he would give up freelancing and get a regular job on a trade magazine or something . |
7 | ‘ My first job is to learn Saatchi 's activities and to do a good job of selling the consulting businesses , ’ he said , in a reference to the company 's previously announced plans to sell its management consultancy arm . |
8 | COME SEE THE PARADISE is a story of epic scope , beginning in 1936 when union activist Jack McGurn ( Dennis Quaid ) flees New York and finds a temporary job as projectionist at a Japanese cinema in Los Angeles owned by the traditionally minded paterfamilias Mr Kawamura ( Sab Shimono ) . |
9 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
10 | ‘ And making a good job of it . ’ |
11 | The county 's director of cricket , Geoff Cook , said : ‘ Dean was very popular up here and did a perfect job for us on and off the pitch . ’ |
12 | Or for Kevin Sharp , who played left back at the end of last season , and did a good job of it , too . |
13 | Mr. Gordon came back to Salisbury upon retirement , was Councillor for St. Martin 's Ward , then Mayor of the City and did a grand job in cataloguing the City 's Archives . |
14 | Hill was a key part of the 1991 Grand Slam team but admitted : ‘ Dewi won the shirt last season and did a terrific job as the lads won the Slam for a second successive year . |
15 | You want your body to get about as easily as possible and be able to do the things that your mind seizes on that you want to , to have a go at and to make a reasonable job of it . |