Example sentences of "were [verb] for the job " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 2 | Acknowledging his administrative talents and scholarly assets , Mrs Stevenson said the board felt , ‘ He simply did not have the specific skills which were needed for the job ’ . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , if men such as these were in fact the local recruiting agents , not all were equipped for the job ; Nicholas Hill of Oakham , though servant to no less a figure than the king , possessed neither arms nor armour . |
| 4 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |
| 5 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |