Example sentences of "[adv prt] of work for a " in BNC.

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1 905,000 out of work for a year
2 He had been out of work for a year and some mates had clubbed up to give him enough money to take a three-week walking holiday on the Pennine Way .
3 The first step in achieving this objective is to guarantee a place on Employment Training ( ET ) for everyone who has been out of work for a long period of time .
4 Young Martin 's been out of work for a year now , ever since he left school .
5 Builder Ivan James has been out of work for a year .
6 The total of people out of work for a year rose by 75,000 in the three months to January and has more than doubled since it started increasing in October 1987 .
7 I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so
8 Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months
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