Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] work for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult . |
| 2 | And I 've also gone for quality clients , companies I want to work for and who I know will pay on time . ’ |
| 3 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 4 | ‘ Because I want to work for myself . |
| 5 | We thought he 'd burst in and take away everything we had — everything I 'd worked for so long and so hard , and he did n't deserve any of it . |
| 6 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 7 | I felt that everything I 'd worked for had gone down the drain . |
| 8 | ‘ In October 1983 , I came to work for Cambridgeshire County Council as an Assistant Solicitor . |
| 9 | What on earth have I agreed to work for him for ? she asked herself despairingly . |
| 10 | I enjoy working for the agency . |
| 11 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 12 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 13 | But third , and most powerfully , I remember working for ‘ the scholarship exam ’ , direct predecessor of the eleven-plus . |
| 14 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |
| 15 | ‘ I do work for them , ’ was the reply . |
| 16 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 17 | I did work for a petrol company . |
| 18 | All you had to do as an employee in all honesty , was get up in the morning , and you had , the decision you had to make is , how do I get to work for half past eight ? |
| 19 | Believe me , I am very , very sorry , because I liked working for you . |
| 20 | I decided that as I had worked for Harold Wilson and enjoyed his total confidence for several years , there was some duty to try to deter him from the worst mistakes . |
| 21 | What was that boy I had working for me , I 've forgotten his name ? |
| 22 | I 've worked for this title . |
| 23 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 24 | ‘ I was dragged up down Monkey Park , went to school wi' me arse hanging out ; I 've worked for everything I 've got . ’ |
| 25 | I 've worked for it , I deserve it and I 'm jolly well going to do it . ’ |
| 26 | When I fight , I never think of being hurt — the one thing I fear is losing everything I 've worked for — the security for the future , for the kids and everything . |
| 27 | ‘ Bore da , Miss Emily , I 'm Joey and I 've worked for your father since I was a boy . |
| 28 | I 've worked for it . |
| 29 | Well I 've worked for the past two year really |
| 30 | ‘ I 've worked for Doctor Jekyll for twenty years . |