Example sentences of "he work for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asks him to recognize his father 's wisdom in trying to encourage him to work for a steady position and shares his anxiety about delays with Blackwoods , over the publication of The Woodland Life . |
| 2 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 3 | He worked for a major oil corporation there called Pan-Global and felt he was privileged to be entrusted by his employer , the proprietor himself , with such a discreet mission . |
| 4 | Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia . |
| 5 | Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time . |