Example sentences of "get a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | — I want to move to London and get a job . |
| 2 | When Americans talk about an ‘ underclass ’ in their cities , they do not simply mean the poor ; they mean poor but healthy young people who can not or will not , but anyway do not , get a job . |
| 3 | In the summer before I go away to university I get a job as an au pair in London . |
| 4 | This feeling of being worthless is , I think , connected to self-image in the sense that the world tends to measure your worth according to how pretty you are ; whether you get a job , a boyfriend , or success in many fields can depend on it . |
| 5 | Unless I get a job for Zorlac , then I can wear my hooded sweat all the time : and never have to wash ! ( laughs ) |
| 6 | Leave school , get a job , get married , get a mortgage . |
| 7 | If you get a job as a shop assistant or checkout operator , one of the first things you will learn is till procedure . |
| 8 | If you get a job in the warehouse or stock-room of a retailing firm , you will soon find out just how important it is to look after the stock properly . |
| 9 | So , I 'll stay here and do something , get a job . |
| 10 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 11 | From ‘ Get A Job ’ with the Miracles in 1958 , his high , crooning tenor had drifted through the Sixties , Seventies and Eighties like some ageless cupid with few apparent wrinkles . |
| 12 | Smokey was only 18 when The Miracles made ‘ Get A Job ’ , and they had a million seller with ‘ Shop Around ’ less than two years later . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll be able to get a flat and all when you get a job . ’ |
| 14 | Maybe get a job on a newspaper or a magazine for a while . |
| 15 | So after completing my National Service , I did all the things that everybody does when they 're trying to break into show business , urged on by my father 's insistence that I found employment of some sort — ‘ Get a job , any job , just get one ! |
| 16 | What he should do is chill out , get a job and pay off his debts , but he does n't . |
| 17 | It might do for you when you get a job . |
| 18 | People take early retirement , move to a new school , get a job out of teaching , get seconded on to courses or research projects , or just wait for the holidays . |
| 19 | Get a job , sort out your life . |
| 20 | the other option of course is not to do that and to try and gain some experience erm m maybe voluntary for some of the time so that maybe I can then spend you know in another years time get a job which is a bit more relevant and I 'll be able to earn some money . |
| 21 | When I get a job , I 'll get a fridge . ’ |
| 22 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |
| 23 | If I get a job now I 've got to get one that pays £110 or £120 which is n't all that easy . |
| 24 | She used to say , " Get some weight off you , get a job and get some weight off you . " |
| 25 | I can still get training and get a job . |
| 26 | I mean , the young ones , a lot of them sitting around in Edinburgh and begging off the streets and that , they could get off their backsides and get a job ! |
| 27 | You see you see I do n't mean to be erm rude or anything but as I 'm sure you understand you ca n't really you know , you know write a note without my doctor 's notes , because you see I , I think if I get a job at the moment I think it 'll just , it wo n't last |
| 28 | God I you could never tell if you 're , you 're going to be there long enough in job , if the , the boss did n't like you then he would just say well you 're , you 're paid off and that 's it , so that 's sort of benefit of keeping your union membership up you could go to anywhere where there was a trade union , a union membership and get a job . |
| 29 | Because the mills were thriving and you would come to Galashiels and get a job right away . |
| 30 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |