Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] work for " in BNC.

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1 Miss Algar works for the Home Office and liaises with Number 10 . ’
2 The main museum building , which started life as the machinery hall at the first Glasgow International Exhibition of 1888 in Kelvingrove Park , moved to Dalmarnock in 1889 to become the Penman Boiler works for almost 100 years .
3 SEOUL ( AFP ) — Pope John Paul II urged South Korea to work for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula peacefully and told the President , Roh Tae Woo , that the division symbolised suffering .
4 Gwendolen Truda Brock ( Sister Truda C. R. ) who spent 1927–8 at Somerville as a research student from South Africa working for her Zoology D. Phil under Professor Goodrich has been made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of Rhodes University .
5 ‘ Did you tell Rex that Alan Dysart worked for you in Swindon during university vacations ? ’
6 Alan Dysart works for no man — except himself . ’
7 He had lived in Stepney for most of his life and had come to South London to work for Joe Maitland when the warehouse opened two years ago .
8 Dr Hoggarth works for Wolverhampton Council as an Assistant Director in the Leisure Services Department , lwth the Youth Affairs and Community Services Division .
9 In Trebizond , Mick Crackbene worked for the Genoese against Nicholas , in the very same ship he 's now sailing .
10 Nigel Twose worked for Oxfam in the Sahel from 1979 to 1983 .
11 Anderson 's praise of McKendrick through praising Stoke University is undermined by the fact that , only one turn before , he reveals that he does not know which university McKendrick works for , despite beginning as if he does ( " And how are things at … er … " , ( p. 47 ) ) .
12 A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament .
13 During the war Montagu worked for the Ministry of Information in the film division .
14 Mr Wells worked for the council for over 25 years initially as Group Training Officer becoming area training manager 25 years ago and Chief Executive and Training Director in 1984 .
15 Julian Barnes ( pictured left ) was then on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement , and Martin Amis worked for the Times Literary Supplement .
16 Mr Sowerby worked for the Water Board and unfortunately was permanently affected by an injury sustained in the First World War .
17 Well-known for his Listen Here A While column on music , folklore and country characters , Mr Rafferty worked for the Belfast Telegraph for 25 years .
18 Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy .
19 Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon.
20 With Courtaulds Norman worked for 15 years in Coventry , latterly for the Celon ( nylon ) division , before retiring through ill health in 1970 .
21 The Reluctant Spy will tell the story of the trial , and will also recall the 20 years during which Mr Henderson worked for MI6 .
22 Mr Horn works for Derbyshire County Council , for whom a spokeswoman said the hearing had not taken place and would not be held in the future .
23 Mr Carr works for Strathclyde Region , the others for ScottishPower .
24 Mr Kirkby worked for Nuffield Press for 24 years .
25 Mr Riddell worked for Invesco-MIM , which has around £40 billion under management in total , in its previous incarnation , when it was known as Britannia Arrow .
26 Mr Wood works for the water board but he is so concerned about the badgers that he spends all his spare time helping and watching them .
27 Mervyn Hayward worked for 46 years as a Coppersmith at the British Rail engineering works in Swindon .
28 Which airline did Mrs Taubman work for before she became Mrs Sotheby 's ? ) .
29 He then lived in Pagewood , Paley and Pugin Streets until he moved to Old Bidston Road to work for Cammell Laird as a French polisher .
30 Many of us can quote Romans 8:28 : ‘ In all things God works for the good of those who love him , who have been called according to his purpose . ’
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