Example sentences of "[vb base] for a living " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They no longer guard harems ; instead , as in the Mahabharata , they dance for a living . |
| 2 | I just say , ’ I act for a living ’ . ’ |
| 3 | Come out of prison and look for a living in 1978 ? |
| 4 | They literally bleed for a living . |
| 5 | They all know what you do for a living . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Look , Clive , I do n't like what you do for a living , I do n't like the way you treat girls at parties , I do n't like your taste in shirts and I do n't like the way you look . |
| 7 | C. If you ask the people on a housing estate what they do for a living — what their occupations are — you probably will get answers like those in the drawing . |
| 8 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 9 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 10 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 11 | I think that 's what princes do for a living , ’ he said hopefully . |
| 12 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 13 | ‘ And what does good-for-nothing Sunil do for a living ? ’ |
| 14 | Wha what is it that you do for a living ? |
| 15 | Now we have in the room here a tremendous amount of experience , of people who 've been in the industry , people who 've worked with this company for many , many years , and we 've also got people with us who have not been with us very long , and I 'd you to know we may have covered certain aspects of this on sales skills courses just to talk through what the point of the exercise is , I E what we do for a living . |
| 16 | Like if you are married , and what you do for a living apart from this . |
| 17 | Real people with real jobs , not just holidaymakers out to forget what they do for a living . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I was just wondering what you do for a living . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder what you do for a living ? ’ he asked thoughtfully . |
| 20 | Or for guessing what this pair do for a living . |
| 21 | DEREK LAMBERT breeds fish for a living — but even he has his failures — as his frustrations with Aspidoras catfish show . |
| 22 | They work for a living and do n't make much money . |