Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] work for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 2 | Mr Bolona is equally welcome in financial circles in North America , where he worked for a time as a consultant on Latin American debt . |
| 3 | They 'd have registered the fact that I work for an advertising agency , and marked me accordingly : ‘ I do think essentially he 's a popular artist , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm pleased with it , ’ Maria responded warily , reminding herself that she worked for the man . |
| 5 | One of the first things you 'll realise is that you work for an organisation that has to react and respond rapidly to changing circumstances . |
| 6 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 7 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
| 8 | My name is Bill and I work for a firm called Peter 's Windows , we manufacture and fit high quality conservatories , patio doors , double glazing and se security windows etcetera , is there anything in this line you 'll be do you think ? |
| 9 | If you work for a company which insists that you drive a particular brand of car , resign , first writing off the car in an accident in which two teenage hookers and a hallucinating macaw reach a rather untimely end . |
| 10 | That 's right , I mean , again , it 's one of those things , it 's in the benefits package , if you work for a company , you do n't want to know about it until you need to claim . |
| 11 | President-elect Bill Clinton , who takes over from Bush on January 20 , said Mr Bush 's decision gave the message : ‘ If you work for the government you 're above the law . ’ |
| 12 | Now it is generally observed that most civil servants whatever country they come from make sure that they er give each other pay rises and I know it happens in this country the Civil Service pay pays quite well and it 's certainly a key erm feature in er pay structure in developing countries that if your , if you work for the government you are very very well paid , like government wages can be , you know , four , five , six , ten , twenty times |
| 13 | If you work for an organisation which dictates a house-style , then you must conform to it in your correspondence , but you should remember that there are a number of equally valid alternatives . |
| 14 | If you worked for the probation service |
| 15 | ‘ Well , if you worked for the blacksmith , ’ this old man said , ‘ that was me ! ’ |
| 16 | Nigel 's going to come and fit it cos he works for a company who makes and he 's doing them in every room . |
| 17 | Because I work for a Water Authority which is active in the farming of coarse fish , I have access to some interesting books . |
| 18 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 19 | Maxim wondered if he dressed that way only because he worked for The Firm , and decided probably not . |
| 20 | If so , whether you work for the buyer or the seller , you will be able to complain of unfair dismissal , subject to the normal eligibility rule outlined in Chapter 20 . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 22 | Domestic servants and white-collar workers , though they worked for a wage , are classified separately because they are easily distinguishable in the colonial sources . |