Example sentences of "[pers pn] worked for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 2 | She worked for a while in a shop , then she began to have trouble with her eyes and took in work at home . |
| 3 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 4 | He worked for a firm in the area of London , and that company began to negotiate with one of our Ministries for the sale of their products to the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | When James left school he worked for a while with his father . |
| 6 | He worked for a time with Stopover House and the Newham Alternative Project , both designed to provide temporary help for the poor and homeless of the East End . |
| 7 | Mr Bolona is equally welcome in financial circles in North America , where he worked for a time as a consultant on Latin American debt . |
| 8 | As well as studying electronics and computing for his degree , he worked for a diploma in industrial management . |
| 9 | One of them was his habitual slowness , especially in handling and totting up cash ; for , before he took up duties in the foreign exchange department of Lloyds in the semi-basement room at the branch at 20 King William Street ( no wonder that the eyes and back , at the end of the day , turned ‘ upward ’ from the desk ) , he worked for a period behind the counter . |