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 .
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