Example sentences of "he worked for a " in BNC.

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1 Mr Bolona is equally welcome in financial circles in North America , where he worked for a time as a consultant on Latin American debt .
2 So now he worked for a taxi firm .
3 Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia .
4 Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time .
5 Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty .
6 He worked for a major oil corporation there called Pan-Global and felt he was privileged to be entrusted by his employer , the proprietor himself , with such a discreet mission .
7 He worked for a time with Stopover House and the Newham Alternative Project , both designed to provide temporary help for the poor and homeless of the East End .
8 He worked for a firm in the area of London , and that company began to negotiate with one of our Ministries for the sale of their products to the Soviet Union .
9 Mr Montignac says he discovered his ‘ method ’ while lunching in fancy European restaurants when he worked for a drugs company .
10 When James left school he worked for a while with his father .
11 He worked for a furniture manufacturer and was an active member of CNT , the anarchist trades union .
12 One of them was his habitual slowness , especially in handling and totting up cash ; for , before he took up duties in the foreign exchange department of Lloyds in the semi-basement room at the branch at 20 King William Street ( no wonder that the eyes and back , at the end of the day , turned ‘ upward ’ from the desk ) , he worked for a period behind the counter .
13 As well as studying electronics and computing for his degree , he worked for a diploma in industrial management .
14 Later , after four years in detention during the Mau Mau Emergency , he worked for an Indian workshop in Nairobi establishing himself as the pioneer manufacturer of bicycle carriers and foreguards .
15 At the end of the week she discovered he worked for an average of 1 minute at a time .
16 In 1934 he joined the Irish Independent , with whom he worked for an eventful 50 years , latterly as its northern political editor .
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