Example sentences of "take a [noun] job " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job .
2 ‘ I 'm taking a teaching job in a new comprehensive school , but that wo n't begin until the September term .
3 ‘ It 's very nice , ’ she complimented the pleasant person who , although not vacating immediately , was taking a teaching job up north later in the year and wanted everything organised well before then .
4 At 13 she took a weekend job with a local paper and promptly demanded a pay rise .
5 They worked together for six months in project planning and Brown took a teaching job at the Strathclyde Business School which also allowed him to keep looking for hotel sites .
6 Later the mother , having taken a housekeeping job where she could have the child with her , wrote to the father to let her have the child and the £1 per week .
7 MIKE SPRACKLEN , who coached British crews to gold medals at the last two Olympics , has taken a £30,000-a-year job in Canadian rowing after alleging he was snubbed by the British sport despite offering his services free .
8 ‘ She 's given her notice to leave , taken a living-in job in Skipton .
9 Margaret had taken a living-in job in the country where she could have Molly with her .
10 Student James , 17 , gave the family holiday in Spain a miss to take a summer job near home in Huntingdon , Cambridgeshire .
11 At golf he was a natural , though conversely his struggles to become a tournament player were such that he nearly gave up to take a club job .
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