Example sentences of "he [vb past] work for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car was traced to dealers in Nottingham where he 'd worked for nine years . |
| 2 | He pledged to work for all sides in the constituency . |
| 3 | He had worked hard all his life and had served his country for four years and was looking forward to retirement in the home he had worked for all his days . |
| 4 | He had worked for twelve years on matters covered by the Official Secrets Act , of which , obviously , he was a signatory . |
| 5 | He had worked for various firms doing all sorts of jobs , for he was nothing if not adaptable , and recently , just as he was approaching retirement , the firm he worked for in Deptford had become bankrupt . |
| 6 | According to the paper , he had worked for 21 years as a judge and preacher and was an outstanding reciter of the Koran and the author of books on Islamic law . |
| 7 | His explanation that he had worked for several years for one master , until his employer had died , mollified Jonadab a little . |
| 8 | Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting . |
| 9 | Robinson , made redundant by the takeover of Camerons Brewery , where he had worked for 19 years , will continue to play for West for the rest of the season . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 11 | Another man , a colleague in the newspaper industry in London , left the office where he had worked for most of his adult life to travel home for the weekend . |