Example sentences of "worked for [adj] year in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now a qualified CA , he worked for six years in the Middle East , mainly in Palestine/Israel and the Lebanon . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Renowned for her ‘ tomboyish tastes ’ ( she would , even in evening dress , always carry a knife and some string about her person ) , Emma went on to the School for Ornamental Art and began to support early Victorian feminist causes , making an initial living as a restorer of stained-glass windows notably in the chapel of Merton College , Oxford , where she worked for two years in the early 1860s . |
| 4 | Previously he worked for nineteen years in Kirkcaldy as a Shift Manager . |
| 5 | Mr Wheeler , an engineer who worked for many years in the oil business , is a pleasant , slightly worried-looking man who can not bear the fact that no one seems to realise just what lengths he goes to in order to keep the plant squeaky clean and emission-free . |
| 6 | She too , has many accomplishments , worked for many years in the Rating and Valuation Office , now the District Valuer 's Office . |
| 7 | With Courtaulds Norman worked for 15 years in Coventry , latterly for the Celon ( nylon ) division , before retiring through ill health in 1970 . |
| 8 | In the 1960s he worked for several years in industry , including a period as Chief Architect at Camus , before being appointed Head of the Architectural Division at the National Building Agency . |
| 9 | ‘ I worked for three years in the Collector of Taxes department , which was really just shuffling papers and asking for money . |
| 10 | Paula worked for seven years in a biscuit factory in San Salvador , owned jointly by a Czech and a Salvadorean . |