Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had work [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve days before her death Mrs Gilfoyle had started maternity leave from the Champion Spark Plug factory , where she had worked for 17 years . |
| 2 | Robinson , made redundant by the takeover of Camerons Brewery , where he had worked for 19 years , will continue to play for West for the rest of the season . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 4 | His explanation that he had worked for several years for one master , until his employer had died , mollified Jonadab a little . |
| 5 | ‘ They would not have to wait until they had worked for two years before being eligible for unemployment and sickness benefit or parental leave . ’ |
| 6 | Ah but unlike me , him , I was a raw recruit whilst he had experienced County Council and he had worked on both sides of the Council Chamber as a as a Government Officer , I believe , and er County Councillor . |
| 7 | I knew Oscar would have preferred a quieter , less raucous venture , on a weekday perhaps , but I had to work on certain days and those days came up during his visit . |
| 8 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 9 | India and Pakistan , but he had to work in each case through the chief executive who was charged with running the business . |