Example sentences of "to get a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some come like Marmeladov to get a job on the appropriate rung of the bureaucratic ladder . |
| 2 | It was in 1929 , aged about 30 , that Winterbotham came to the momentous realisation , worthy of Bertie Wooster , that ‘ I should have to get a job ’ . |
| 3 | To get a job . |
| 4 | Lewis had got to know him because he was a frequent visitor to Oxford , anxious to get a job in the Oxford English Faculty , and a friend not only of Tolkien but also of Nevill Coghill . |
| 5 | He hoped that anyone over the coming weeks who failed to get a job because of not being a union member would write to the Government and explain the facts . |
| 6 | The refusal to be responsible and motivated , to get a job , to take on the brutalization and disenchantment entailed in ‘ gainful ’ employment . |
| 7 | Robyn considered herself lucky to get a job for one term at one of the London colleges , deputizing for a woman lecturer on maternity leave . |
| 8 | Of course I still have to get a job , and I still suffer from depression and back pain , but somehow I 'm managing . |
| 9 | you fail ( ie a test , exam , to get a job you applied for , to get the partner you wanted ) |
| 10 | ‘ Here I an trying to change man 's perception of the Cosmos and the neighbours and kids tell me to get a job . |
| 11 | Beno was fined five pounds and told to get a job more suitable to his talents . |
| 12 | If I have huge damages to pay , I 'll have to get a job . |
| 13 | At home Perdita behaved more atrociously than ever before , storming round the house , refusing to get a job and screaming at Violet and Eddie when they returned bronzed from a month in LA with Hamish and Wendy . |
| 14 | I 'm going to get a job as a problem-page goddess . |
| 15 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 16 | So far COHSE has drawn encouragement from the fact that despite general interest no unit or trust has managed to get a job evaluation scheme off the ground . |
| 17 | There were no colleges of nursing in Saudi to get a job in . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're going to get a job and get shot of them as quick as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ And I did n't ring Em because it 's hard enough to get a job in any place as a married woman without having hysterical daughters ringing up crying for Mamma . |
| 20 | I 'm divorced now and not finding it easy to get a job in civvy street . ’ |
| 21 | After this she managed to get a job in the National Health Service , where the majority of speech therapists are employed . |
| 22 | Wendy managed to get a job as a receptionist in a dental surgery to begin with and will keep applying for one of the hygienist training courses . |
| 23 | Your CV is your ambassador , and must represent you well when you try to get a job . |
| 24 | Mr Bull said since Smith was released from prison in April 1990 , after laundering stolen cheques , he had been unable to get a job until he managed to fool the WDA . |
| 25 | Their first stop was Munich , where Wolfgang tried to get a job with the elector , but was refused . |
| 26 | The wife may be unable to get a job and may have little opportunity to work in the house especially if it is customary for servants to do all cooking and housework . |
| 27 | She 's going to get a job and look for a place of her own . ’ |
| 28 | A decent blouse and skirt , or an attractive frock , either outfit worn with a clean straw boater , and she ought to be able to get a job in a store . |
| 29 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 30 | I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week . |