Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] a job " in BNC.

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1 At home Perdita behaved more atrociously than ever before , storming round the house , refusing to get a job and screaming at Violet and Eddie when they returned bronzed from a month in LA with Hamish and Wendy .
2 and I do n't think they , they will pass on information about somebody actually refusing to take a job
3 If anyone is going to lose a job , it wo n't be the Profitboss .
4 ‘ I know it brought tension between Shana and I but if you 're going to do a job properly you have to be prepared to put yourself out .
5 I 'm going to get a job as a problem-page goddess .
6 ‘ You 're going to get a job and get shot of them as quick as possible .
7 She 's going to get a job and look for a place of her own . ’
8 I 'm going to get a job on me own .
9 I 'm going to get a job as a farm worker . ’
10 You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat .
11 Right , you said that the reason is , there 's lack of information so , that 's why people migrate , because they do n't realize they 're not going to get a job .
12 And the counter-arguments to this is that there is n't lack of information , people know they 're not going to get a job , but they 're still better off to move , so that 's a rubbish theory .
13 and erm Marilyn will come down of course when she 's at , she 's worried as well about whether she 's going to get a job , cos er , I mean they need to have erm a second income I should think
14 To get costs down , to turn more coal , to work more hours , when at the end of the day we do n't know if we 're going to have a job in in one or two years .
15 The blonde teenager , who had set her heart on becoming a hairdresser , was also upset at failing to find a job .
16 Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical .
17 He told of his sorrow at having to quit a job he passionately enjoyed .
18 Two months later Gabriel went to the great fair at Casterbridge , hoping to find a job as farm manager .
19 Will he confirm that the directive , which is strongly supported by the Labour party , would discriminate heavily against part-time workers , especially women who are trying to combine a job with family responsibilities ?
20 ‘ I 'm trying to do a job here , ’ she said .
21 ‘ I 'm just trying to do a job .
22 Next day , along with Lt. Stirling and Sgt. Storrie , who were hoping to do a job in Syria , we made a trial flight .
23 YOU KNOW those whining crapoids who write to Angst every other week vainly hoping to land a job at Britain 's coolest , sexiest music paper ?
24 It is necessary , therefore , to grasp what public relations really means before you decide to spend time and effort trying to get a job in it .
25 Mark Williams , freelancing out of It , did some work , and fresh out of Oxford , Jonathon Green was trying to get a job in Fleet Street .
26 Development agencies are well placed to make this point with the authority of people trying to get a job done .
27 He listens to early 70 's progressive rock , not contemporary rap music — and he wears a denim shirt with a tie — the clothes of a 35 year old trying to get a job in a suburban jeans boutique .
28 It 's strange well erm I mean with , Bon 's just qualified now and she trying to get a job down in Portsmouth but erm you know they 're not they do n't
29 Well our daughter said that erm she keeps trying to get a job you know , she 's got these three kids , she 's on her own so
30 They save their child benefit and draw it monthly to help buy big items , like new jeans bought after the DHSS turned down his application for a clothing grant , and to pay for driving lessons — he 's hoping to get a job as a driver .
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