Example sentences of "and work for " in BNC.

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1 The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good .
2 The incentives to seek and follow advice , to think long-term rather than short , and to work for the best results at 16+ are all clearly set out .
3 One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City .
4 The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens .
5 The Bible becomes his bastion against moral powerlessness , too , by reminding him constantly of the divine power that is available to overcome his weakness ( for " God is at work in you , both to will and to work for his good pleasure " ) .
6 Women are more likely than men both not to be members of such schemes and to work for employers without them .
7 When I am so self-centred that I would not dream of asking the Spirit for his strength , preferring to go my own way , I am encouraged to recall that ‘ God is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure ’ ( Phil .
8 The TTF undertook to encourage both members and non-members to be aware of where supplies came from , to ensure that timber was bought from suppliers that were committed to " sustainable " resources wherever possible , and to work for the implementation of forest management schemes .
9 ‘ My father was an industrial chemist and he said if you want to go and work for them , go and work for them . ’
10 Church leaders have been tirelessly urging the country 's leaders to find out why thousands have been fleeing and pleading with would-be refugees to stay and work for change .
11 If you 'll teach me I 'll come and work for you a few hours a week . ’
12 So it seemed a fairly straightforward move to go and work for the family firm .
13 ‘ I thought the intelligent thing to do was to go away and work for two years and then come back and teach .
14 I half had it in mind to invite you to come and work for me here in Vienna .
15 I 'll come and work for you . ’
16 Either Sir Charles had forgotten what Jed did , or else nobody had bothered to tell him , because he now leaned forwards and , impressed , it seemed , by Jed 's ingenuity and verve , said , ‘ Perhaps , young man , you should come and work for me . ’
17 ‘ Like , if this all fell through we could go and work for Niall 's old man tomorrow , ’ shrugs Ashley .
18 I wanted to encourage street crazies and the like to come and work for us .
19 ‘ Why do n't you come and work for me ?
20 Because they believed — and we had better believe it also — that if they could make individuals conscious only of the need for personal gratification , they would have neither desire nor energy to combine and work for the downfall of the enemy .
21 " If you want something , you have to go out and work for it .
22 I do n't know which department employs you , but you can come and work for me whenever you like . ’
23 One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school .
24 He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back .
25 But what upset her particularly was the last sentence : ‘ I should go and work for a week in one of my shops but — though I could even sleep on the factory floor — I ca n't understand people working in shops . ’
26 ‘ Why on earth would you want me to come and work for you ? ’
27 I mean unless you actually do go and work for a specifically religious charity ,
28 Now you can come and work for Me . ’
29 Hence , considerable numbers of chefesses willing to come over here and work for peanuts just for the experience .
30 Erm we set up I think a very successful service and if I could just mention a sad note here , me some members will know who was the county occupational therapy coordinator largely designed the service here and I 'm very sorry to say that er she died the other day but her service is very much a tribute to her and we do in fact have a large number of people who will want to come and work for us as OTs because it is a good service and I 'm sure that you will agree with that .
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