Example sentences of "i work for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Canan and her boss know exactly what to expect from each other : ‘ It 's far easier for me to work for another Turk because I can talk about pay rates and things like that more openly . |
| 2 | Still , this orgy of food and sex would have suited the dear departed Peter Langan ( with whom I worked for four years ) very nicely . |
| 3 | After coming here I worked for four months in a sweet factory in Stratford . |
| 4 | Following this period in the homoeopathic hospital I worked for two years in a professorial immunological unit where I set up studies in allergy to assess the efficacy of homoeopathic remedies in house-dust-mite allergy and hay fever ( allergy to grass pollens ) . |
| 5 | He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back . |
| 6 | ‘ For two years after college graduation , I worked for one of the small local accounting firms . |
| 7 | I worked for one of the youngest couples on our street , who were so chic they even had an Afghan hound . |
| 8 | ‘ Before I escaped from Rotterdam , I worked for British Intelligence . |
| 9 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 10 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 11 | Before having my first child four years ago , I worked for several years as a secretary at the head office of Sainsbury 's in Canterbury , and a further year as a personal assistant for Kent County Council . |
| 12 | I used to run an English and Scottish dancing class at the old high school in Cleveland Avenue , before it became Hummersknot School in 1955 where I worked for 22 years part-time , teaching dance . |
| 13 | The company I worked for folded just a couple of weeks ago . ’ |
| 14 | Oh no I worked for another one but her name 's not Liz it 's Alison , but I do n't like working for her and that 's why I 've stopped , I said to Sandra I 'm not fucking scrubbing for somebody younger than me . |
| 15 | I worked for last summer and they they did this there , and total quality management meetings . |
| 16 | ‘ I worked for three years in the Collector of Taxes department , which was really just shuffling papers and asking for money . |
| 17 | I worked for three years as a school counsellor in South Brompton , and the majority of the children who came my way were children who had some degree of behavioural difficulty or emotional disturbance . |
| 18 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |
| 19 | Because I work for many different functions I get the chance to see many different kinds of weddings . |
| 20 | Erm , I work for Scottish Women 's Football and the plans we have for this year erm , shall hopefully encourage more women to come into the sport . |
| 21 | I work for Special Operations Executive , Colonel . |
| 22 | Not in the sense that I work for any authority . |