Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a [adj] job " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 2 | Do n't forget I 've planned a little job to do outside working hours . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Since I 've had a sit-down job I ca n't seem to get the weight off , ’ says Nicholle , a publishers ' assistant from Bristol . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to start rehearsal on Monday , I 've got a new job to go back to . ’ |
| 5 | I usually say ‘ I 'm a wife and a mother and I 've got a part-time job ’ . |
| 6 | I 've got a good job and , although I 'm not going out with anybody right now , I have a lot of close friends . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh I 've got a boring job in an office . |
| 8 | I 've got a full-time job now , I hardly get to see them during the week . ’ |
| 9 | I 've got a better job . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But I 've got a little job to do . |
| 11 | He must have been sixty or so , but you had to get close to see it and if his hair was grey , someone had made a good job of disguising the fact . |
| 12 | Thanks for the bumper size of this newsletter must go to who has done a marvellous job at retaining our loyal advertising supporters and encouraged new people to start to advertise with us . |
| 13 | Not bad going for most in modern industrial times , but even more so for people like 28-year-old Ewan , from Hamilton , who has found a new job as a salesman . |
| 14 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 15 | ‘ She has done a wonderful job , ’ district organiser Barbara Noakes said . |
| 16 | To my surprise , she 'd taken a regular job selling frames and contact lenses and had stuck it and was boss of the shop . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , you 've made a good job of it . |
| 19 | " You 've done a good job , " Lee said quickly , recognizing the woman 's insecurity . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've done a good job , Bourne . ’ |
| 21 | Seems you 've done a good job with our Crilly . ’ |
| 22 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 23 | You 've done a good job there ! |
| 24 | Mm you 've done a good job there if you do n't lose it again |
| 25 | Kay said I know , I said Kay you could n't begin to imagine what he does , and of course she said , and she had been doing that erm painting , Father came in and said something like oh you , you 've done a good job there , but she said he never said oh go over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea |
| 26 | She said er did she go to your mum , Oh you 've done a good job and |
| 27 | You 've done a terrific job . |
| 28 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 29 | Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man , ‘ You 've done a great job . ’ |
| 30 | You 've done a great job on the interiors . ’ |