Example sentences of "landing a job " in BNC.

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1 One businessman from Chicago , in Budapest for three years , describes his ‘ unbelievable luck ’ in landing a job there .
2 Charles 's success in landing a job provoked in Robyn the first twinge of jealousy , the first spasm of pique , to mar their relationship .
3 With the employment situation for school-leavers as it is , she reckoned her chances of landing a job were slim .
4 Stuart , 26 , from Lanarkshire , emigrated with his wife and children after landing a job as a mineworker , in Witbank , 95 miles from Johannesburg .
5 His CV reads like the script for a journalist 's dream sequence — frustrated writer trains with provincial newspaper before landing a job in the brewing industry and breaking through as an author .
6 Once out of the Army , John Moynihan , after a couple of false starts , began his career in journalism , before long landing a job with the Evening Standard on their ‘ In London Last Night ’ column .
7 Bridget Stokes had pinned her hopes on landing a job delivering letters in Darlington .
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