Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a [adj] job " in BNC.
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| 1 | Families sometimes identify one person as the logical carer , because the person is the oldest , youngest , or has a part-time job . |
| 2 | These may include some major events , such as divorce , moving house , suffering the loss of a loved person , or starting a new job . |
| 3 | But you do n't need to apply for or take a Compact job if you do n't want to ! |
| 4 | To own a boarding house required capital in the first instance and to maintain the boarding house as a business venture in the early years the husband had to work as a taxi driver or have a part-time job during the winter . |
| 5 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 6 | ‘ Get to work , Isaac — and make a good job of it . |
| 7 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 8 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 9 | that Colin could go and do a good job |
| 10 | Toning these muscles encourages our ‘ natural bra ’ to develop and do a better job . |
| 11 | But then they got their own van and they did most of them , er but then again they they a called on us and said Can you come and do a little job for us ? |
| 12 | As the romance blossomed , he moved from Enfield to be nearer her home in Coatbridge and obtained a new job in the Computer Department at Stoddard . |
| 13 | I was fed up with the yucky mouldy silicone round the edge and reckoned a proper job should be done on it . |
| 14 | The femininity of Woman with its emphasis on the role of wife and mother , is vastly different from that of Cosmopolitan , where the feminine woman is encouraged to be adventurous in catching the most sexually desirable man , retaining him for as long as he is interesting , and getting a super job into the bargain . |
| 15 | The occasional blow-ups he has at Lennie are understandable , as Lennie is very difficult to look after , and George could be popular , settle down with a woman and get a good job . |
| 16 | I 'd like to get out of here and get a better job … as a funeral director ? ’ |
| 17 | He had said he would give up freelancing and get a regular job on a trade magazine or something . |
| 18 | ‘ My first job is to learn Saatchi 's activities and to do a good job of selling the consulting businesses , ’ he said , in a reference to the company 's previously announced plans to sell its management consultancy arm . |
| 19 | Although I was capable of doing the work and doing a good job , I did n't want to be letting people down and that . |
| 20 | I think that the church has the responsibility to continue to find new and innovative ways of reaching out and doing a better job and that is er testimony to the fact that we can continue to reach out to persons who are suffering in many ways , and I would appreciate and look forward to learning better from you how to do that and would be happy to share . |
| 21 | COME SEE THE PARADISE is a story of epic scope , beginning in 1936 when union activist Jack McGurn ( Dennis Quaid ) flees New York and finds a temporary job as projectionist at a Japanese cinema in Los Angeles owned by the traditionally minded paterfamilias Mr Kawamura ( Sab Shimono ) . |
| 22 | Wages for housework bypasses all those other struggles — well , I mean , with wages for housework , women would n't have to go out and take a second job . |
| 23 | Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income . |
| 24 | Taking a simple example , you might suddenly have an intimation that it is time to change direction and find a new job . |
| 25 | ‘ After I win , I 'll take on some of the opponents Eubank has beaten , and do a better job , ’ said Piper . |
| 26 | If existing lenders or trainers are getting it wrong , why do n't new firms come in and do a better job ? |
| 27 | and do a good job ! |
| 28 | I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well |
| 29 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 30 | ‘ And making a good job of it . ’ |