Example sentences of "[prep] work for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After working for a while in Capetown and Orange Free State to acquire funds , Macleod bought a wagon and eighteen oxen , and set out with his elder brother to trade with the tribesmen around Kimberley . |
| 2 | After working for a building company for two months , she was offered a permanent secretarial position there and decided to accept it because the firm was willing to be flexible about unpaid time off . |
| 3 | ‘ Debbie could certainly be capable of working for a hairdresser in some capacity , ’ says Fergus Stewart , a lecturer at the Central Manchester College of Technology where Mrs Finni had Debbie briefly enrolled this spring after her local branch of the Amnesia Association suggested a visit . |
| 4 | The experience of working for a number of American executives , who were too busy protecting their jobs and the inflated salaries that went with them to pass on any responsibilities to me , made a move imperative after about a year . |
| 5 | For example , a telephonist in a large company may have contact with a customer by answering his calls but this can not be a reasonable basis for preventing that person from working for a trade competitor . |
| 6 | I was also lucky in working for a sergeant who happened to have only three figures in his official service number , a relic of the old Royal Flying Corps . |
| 7 | Yeah , but I mean , working for a mate , is different to working for a firm . |
| 8 | By noon , he could hardly stand , let alone tramp over the moor , and he stumbled about , muttering away in Gaelic , complaining about working for a bunch of foreigners who had usurped his rightful King . |
| 9 | Shelford , part of Mark McCormack 's International Management Group which handles the interests of many of the world 's top sporting celebrities , has bypassed the laws on amateurism by working for a company whose main activity is the promotion of the All Blacks captain . |
| 10 | In 1831 , Scott was introduced to a ‘ Mr Wallen , a well-known surveyor ’ who advised him to complete his architectural training by working for a builder . |