Example sentences of "[pers pn] do for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 2 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 3 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 4 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 5 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 6 | They all know what you do for a living . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Clive , I do n't like what you do for a living , I do n't like the way you treat girls at parties , I do n't like your taste in shirts and I do n't like the way you look . |
| 8 | Social worth in our society is related to the workplace : you are valued by what you do for a job , not what or who you are as a person . |
| 9 | Wha what is it that you do for a living ? |
| 10 | Like if you are married , and what you do for a living apart from this . |
| 11 | ‘ I was just wondering what you do for a living . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I wonder what you do for a living ? ’ he asked thoughtfully . |
| 13 | Yeah , but you do for a programme . |
| 14 | Now we have in the room here a tremendous amount of experience , of people who 've been in the industry , people who 've worked with this company for many , many years , and we 've also got people with us who have not been with us very long , and I 'd you to know we may have covered certain aspects of this on sales skills courses just to talk through what the point of the exercise is , I E what we do for a living . |
| 15 | We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette |
| 16 | Well we do for a swim we 're going to a |
| 17 | C. If you ask the people on a housing estate what they do for a living — what their occupations are — you probably will get answers like those in the drawing . |
| 18 | You have that choice , that chance to do that for my patients and I tell you , to be with you , to be part of you , I 'm as a , I learn for you , I think of you , and I can just tell you , I wish you all the best , but I wo n't forget your responsibility to help the medical profession to make , with the work they do for a better tomorrow possible , due to your work , your hard attempts to give that financial ability through the best insurance policies on the market today . |
| 19 | Real people with real jobs , not just holidaymakers out to forget what they do for a living . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What can a piece of mine do for an audience that has really come to enjoy one of the great operatic masterpieces of all time ? ’ asks Jonathan Dove . |