Example sentences of "he work for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 What did he work for a living ?
2 So now he worked for a taxi firm .
3 He worked for a furniture manufacturer and was an active member of CNT , the anarchist trades union .
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 Mr Bolona is equally welcome in financial circles in North America , where he worked for a time as a consultant on Latin American debt .
7 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 .
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 .
10 At the end of the week she discovered he worked for an average of 1 minute at a time .
11 He works for a development agency and two of his brothers were killed by Marcos so although he claims to be the least revolutionary of the family , he is fairly well into the issues .
12 Nigel 's going to come and fit it cos he works for a company who makes and he 's doing them in every room .
13 He works for a motor accessory shop now .
14 He works for a time as a gardener on the estate of the rich Mrs Mgulu , and later as a construction worker in her house .
15 He works for an oil company .
16 Our two children , Virginia and Peter were born during the war and after Franklin was demobbed in 1946 we moved to Peterborough where he works for an engineering company .
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