Example sentences of "be [adv prt] of a " in BNC.
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1 | But when the order came signed by the president you know , hands up , who 's commander in chief , not so fast MacArthur , you 're out of a job erm MacArthur accepted that . |
2 | Thirty seven workers at a world famous piano factory have been told they 're out of a job . |
3 | If anything if if it does You see again and then you see if you 're out of a job you see you if you happen to be out of a job then you 're not eligible for a pension policy . |
4 | Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ? |
5 | In that case could you keep it going for a while if you 're out of a job ? |
6 | In some cases , teachers in fee-paying schools knew nothing until they received a letter announcing ‘ the school has shut down and they are out of a job ’ . |
7 | 2.7% of German graduates are out of a job ; France has graduate unemployment of 3.7% . |
8 | The mean number of hits and false alarms in Table 4.6 are out of a maximum possible number of nine . |
9 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
10 | I do n't want to detail the mistakes I made and quite clearly I have done things quite differently the second time around — otherwise , I 'd probably have been out of a job again at Sheffield Wednesday . |
11 | ‘ After all , they have n't long been out of a very warm secure environment , have they ? ’ she continued . |
12 | Never ever been out of a union er till I retired cos I always paid these fees and er yes . |
13 | They claim that employers are unlikely to consider anyone who has been out of a job for so long . |
14 | He 'd have been out of a job if he 'd |
15 | ‘ I could be out of a job . |
16 | If we flew a perfect mission every trip then there would be no need to train , but then in a perfect world we would not need an Army and I would be out of a job . |
17 | The calculation of Turkey 's president , Turgut Ozal , is that Iraq will not attack Turkey and that Saddam Hussein will soon be out of a job . |
18 | They might all be out of a job if the Factory Commission came and shut the place down . |
19 | ‘ Does that mean we 're all going to be out of a job ? ’ was the question everybody wanted an answer to . |
20 | You wo n't be worrying then , because you will be out of a job , and every other bugger that works here ! ’ |
21 | York town crier John Redpath , who gained national notoriety earlier this year when he appeared on TV in a Liberal Democrat party political broadcast , is certainly glad of the tourists because otherwise he would be out of a job . |
22 | While a crushed Roward tried to come to terms with the fact that he would be out of a job after the Hong Kong Sevens for Simpkin it was a goal realised after four long years in the territory as its technical director . |
23 | He said that the police would be called to investigate Dempsey and he would be out of a job . |
24 | This may be out of a desire for absolute simplicity and ready accessibility for visitors , or because other commitments do not allow time and people to be available for the preparation and practice of music . |
25 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
26 | ’ It 'll be out of a tin , I 'm afraid . ’ |
27 | Second , takeover raids typically bid up the share price significantly , so again the incumbent management has considerable leeway before it is likely to get into trouble and be out of a job . |
28 | Well you should n't say that John , you 'd be out of a a job , would n't you ? |
29 | ‘ You 'll be out of a job soon . ’ |
30 | And all those nice dustbin men would be out of a job . |