Example sentences of "[be] working for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | agencies have been inundated with job hunting dealers who often confide : " We 're earning thirty or forty thousand a year , but we 're working for a bucket shop . |
| 2 | and in this case , as we we 're working for a group of tenants , we can ask for an extension on one form to cover so |
| 3 | I mean when you 're working for a week at a time with the same blokes week in week out I mean you get to know them really well . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean you 're working for a calculating machine ? ’ |
| 5 | you 're working for a hundred |
| 6 | If they ca n't commit to high rates of profit , perhaps they should be working for a second-rate firm which plays budgetary games . |
| 7 | up to fifty , my goodness , you 'll be working for a fortnight |
| 8 | The C Os may actually be working for a week or two and never see an E O. |
| 9 | These were working for a pay of from 9d. a day to 2/6 . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough men Paul Brudenell , of Clynes Road , and Barry Ferguson were working for a firm of contractors at 2am yesterday when the incident happened . |
| 11 | the only battleship I know about is the girl friend go away for about three months at a time and you 'd say of where 's Norman , oh he 's er working and then we all knew he 's working for a he 'd put them in the computer systems right the way throughout the ships |
| 12 | One of the best starts for later work in public relations , and one which can sometimes prove a route into a job , is working for a charity , organization or event which needs publicity . |
| 13 | This movement as part of the popular movement is working for a just and democratic society free from foreign intervention where the rhetoric of ‘ health for all ’ will be a reality — health as a right for all Filipinos . |
| 14 | ‘ A system for learning ’ on pages 4 and 5 looks at how a participatory method of information collection is working for a rural water and sanitation hygiene education programme in Ecuador . |
| 15 | The group , including newspaper , TV and radio reporters , looked at the various ways ICI is working for a cleaner environment . |
| 16 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 17 | Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 19 | In the biggest-ever inquiry of its kind , 30 police officers have been working for a year , taking 1,500 statements from youngsters . |
| 20 | San Francisco self-funded start-up Metron Technology has been working for a year and a half to develop some innovative , object-oriented , automated testing and performance debugging software for developing multi-processor and distributed Unix applications . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's a projects co-ordinator ; been working for a big building company for years . |
| 22 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 23 | ‘ Nutrition , ’ John said , after he had been working for a short time . |
| 24 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 25 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 26 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
| 27 | … a dreadful distress prevailing and consequent depression … the people are working for a very pittance — 5000 persons on the poor book in Frome — very inadequately relieved … |
| 28 | We are working for a greater understanding between the parties . |
| 29 | We are working for a better understanding between the parties . |
| 30 | You are working for a travel firm selling exotic holidays . |