Example sentences of "[pron] work for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 2 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 3 | After I left the council , I worked for the council for ten years and then I stopped the council in nineteen forty six for I I telled you that afore have I . |
| 4 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
| 5 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 6 | I worked for the rest of the morning and in the late afternoon , rang Highbury to tell them I was safely back and ask how they fared . |
| 7 | ‘ The things I 've seen in them vats when I worked for the brewery . ’ |
| 8 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 9 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd told her I worked for the Post and she said she 'd already told Rain all about it . ’ |
| 11 | I work for the council salting the roads . |
| 12 | Erm well they 're , they 're based actually in , in America but I work for the U K division . |
| 13 | I do n't give a monkey 's shit , I work for the cops . |
| 14 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not the buyer , ’ Culley told him , ‘ I work for the buyer . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ said Caspar , and then glanced over his shoulder as if to make sure no one was listening , ‘ well , the truth of it is , that I work for the Gruagach . |
| 17 | Now I work for the Family Planning Association because they pay a salary as well as a bonus for each sterilisation . |
| 18 | Well I work for the organization Crossroads , and I think what I find in in my contacts with carers is that they need help in the way , and when they need it however , our organization is restricted by lack of funding |
| 19 | ‘ The Labour Party must produce policies which convince voters that their own prosperity depends on a government which takes active responsibility to promote a strong economy and that their own security — and that of their families — is best advanced by a government which works for the welfare of the whole community . ’ |
| 20 | Survival International , which works for the rights of threatened tribal peoples , doubled its membership between the end of 1989 and the middle of 1990 . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you work for the company ? ’ |
| 22 | How many hours a week does she work for the company ? |
| 23 | ‘ Well , if you worked for the blacksmith , ’ this old man said , ‘ that was me ! ’ |
| 24 | If you worked for the probation service |
| 25 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 26 | One of the early residents was a shepherd , who worked for the farmer who owned the farm on the hill behind the building , and the stock grazed on the open fields . |
| 27 | Servants were people who worked for the government or for a company : in Kufra 68 per cent , in Ajdabiya 52 per cent of men were government servants , about one third of them conscripts . |
| 28 | Yong 's father was appalled at the idea , but was finally persuaded to invest in fifty tons of raw salt , to be used in the curing of the venison which abounded in the Eastern islands , as well as several hundred plastic chairs , and a quantity of spare diving equipment for the pearl-shellers who worked for the Aru branch of the Tan family . |
| 29 | Most of the guys who worked for the company were gay — and Cherry Vanilla was the female press officer — she was outrageous . |
| 30 | The photograph shows ex-shop manager Jim Charlton ( right ) who worked for the company for 51 years , with new Midland Mills manager Peter Seward and his three-year-old daughter Emma , who is sporting the latest Jarol gear . |