Example sentences of "[pron] work for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 4 | Then Tom , who worked for the Bryant and May match firm , will splash out on a greenhouse and a garden shed for himself . |
| 5 | He was flown to America and during his debriefing exposed two Russian spies , Edward Howard , who worked for the CIA , and Ronald Pelton , who had worked for the NSA . |
| 6 | Quizzed on the allegation by shocked interviewer Nick Clark , he said : ‘ You work for the BBC . |
| 7 | Crackers and flares take on a whole new meaning when you work for the Olefines business . |
| 8 | We will consider you to be wasting ES time if you spend long or frequent periods of time talking about personal matters which have no relevance to you work for the ES . |
| 9 | These are binding on you while you work for the ES and after you leave the organisation , both at work and in your own time . |
| 10 | In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp . |
| 11 | The people who work for the ES are civil servants . |
| 12 | Though she works for the SSD , she is unusually placed in the health authority 's child health department . |
| 13 | Peter , who works for the East Midlands Electricity Board , has three daughters by a previous marriage — Tara , 19 , Sophie , 16 , and Amy , seven , who adores Thomas . |
| 14 | ‘ The people here want to spend their money on the more expensive imported brands , ’ say Eugen , 24 , who works for the Soros Foundation in Timisoara . |
| 15 | Clinton Manning , who works for the Birmingham Evening Mail , was stopped as he put the £17,582 Rover 220 turbo through its paces . |
| 16 | ‘ He closes his eyes when he speaks and I do n't trust anyone who does that , ’ said Miss Jayne Pooles , 34 , who works for the London ITV channel , Thames Television , in nearby Teddington . |
| 17 | Schwabe arranged for him to work for the Clyde engineering and shipbuilding firm of J. & G. Thomson , who were building ships for Bibby . |
| 18 | And , having no idea how important this or that person was , whether they worked for the BBC or the TLS or the BFI , he treated them all with equal condescension . |
| 19 | Twice he worked for the Wellington City Mission , among the lost and lonely people of the inner city . |
| 20 | He worked for the Sudan Civil Service from 1965 to 1967 and took a diploma in Arabic at Durham in 1968 . |
| 21 | Dr Hazel will be known to some staff : he worked for the Edinburgh City Engineer 's Department and in 1975 transferred to the Regional Council , working in the Transportation and Highway Planning Division . |
| 22 | He worked for the NCC for 18 years , until his retirement ( as Chief Warden for North Wales ) in 1978 . |
| 23 | Michael Codron had been going there as part of the Kenneth Williams set since the time he worked for the Jack Hylton organization . |
| 24 | He worked for the KGB at the time and he knew everything because he was involved in the secret inquiry that was set up into the ‘ incident ’ , as he called it . |
| 25 | ‘ He works for the Scarabae . ’ |
| 26 | He works for the Aycliffe Centre for Children and lives just out of the constituency in Newton Aycliffe . |