Example sentences of "[pron] work for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 2 | My eyes were very bad , and I had to pay a young curate to help me with my work for the church . |
| 3 | " You know I ca n't discuss my work for the Surete with you , " replied his father brusquely . |
| 4 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 5 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 6 | Mr. Pitt said KPMG were strengthening their presence in the south-east and had chosen Gatwick as the focal point for their work for the region 's business community . |
| 7 | A showbusiness gathering of 400 will honour them and Mr McShane 's actress wife Gwen Humble for their work for the club 's children 's charity . |
| 8 | He had acquired a strong influence over his brother John in their work for the Company and in saving him from bankruptcy . |
| 9 | In addition to their work for the Fabian Society and the Labour party , and the prodigious nature of their social inquiry work , they were responsible for founding — as institutional outlets for their ideas — the London School of Economics in 1895 and the New Statesman in 1913 . |
| 10 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 11 | O God , give your grace to the United Nations Organisation in all its manifold work ; in its work for the children who suffer so much from the injustices of our society , in education and in health , in the relief of poverty and hunger , and in its work for peace . |
| 12 | Sandia Corporation , an organisation in New Mexico that does contract its work for the government , is also involved . |
| 13 | WHILE many people are aware of Amnesty International , and its work for the release of prisoners of conscience , not as many know of its work for the rights of the children . |
| 14 | WHILE many people are aware of Amnesty International , and its work for the release of prisoners of conscience , not as many know of its work for the rights of the children . |
| 15 | ICL will also supply technology developed under the auspices of its work for the UK Ministry of Defence 's Corporate Headquarters Office Technology — or CHOTS — to the effort , and use Hughes STX as a gateway to lucrative US government and defence contracts . |
| 16 | Representatives of tourism interests in the valley were invited and met over lunch to talk about the HCIMA and its work for the industry worldwide . |
| 17 | A novelist adapting his or her work for the screen must also adapt to the different status of the writer in the production process . |
| 18 | Madeleine was awarded for her many hours spent with the elderly , helping with cooking , shopping or driving , as well as her work for the social services . |
| 19 | The Duchess of York says her work for the Motor Neurone Disease Association saved her sanity after she was pictured topless on holiday with financial advisor John Bryan . |
| 20 | That road leads inexorably to her work for the sick , the dying and the distressed . |
| 21 | She had previously won the Oloman-Ellis Award ( see page : 109 ) and been elected a Grand Councillor both for her work for the BDA in her own branch — Leeds — and region — North Regional Council — , on the national executive , As editor of a Newsletter and of hundreds of " Congress Bulletins " , and as fund-raiser extraordinary for deaf sporting activities . |
| 22 | Her work for the Eugenics Society and the Family Planning Association gave her a keen interest in population issues . |
| 23 | Her work for the early suffrage campaigns also began in the mid-1870s , when she lectured widely for the cause in London , Manchester , Birmingham , and elsewhere . |
| 24 | She 'd been neglecting her work for the past day and a half . |
| 25 | A Tractarian , whose work for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel attracted national attention , he became archdeacon of Dorset in 1862 but resigned , through ill health , nine months later . |
| 26 | His name has been moderately conjured with by British academics , but there have been few attempts to systematize his work for the classroom , as has happened in the United States . |
| 27 | In general , however , his contribution to the cinema has been disappointing compared with his work for the legitimate theatre and the opera house . |
| 28 | Similarly Fawn Hall , asked by North to alter memoranda to conceal his work for the contras , remembered feeling uneasy : ‘ but I believe in Colonel North , and I know that there must have been a good reason why he was asking me to do this , and I — I did as I was told . ’ |
| 29 | Bitov went to Venice in 1983 for the KGB , using as cover his work for the Literary Gazette , and then approached the British asking for asylum . |
| 30 | Everything was now irradiated by this feeling , which was bound to affect his work for the good . |