Example sentences of "[vb -s] a job " in BNC.
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1 | UNEMPLOYED Sandra Davies wants a job so badly she is tramping the streets at dawn pushing applications through letter-boxes . |
2 | She makes peace with Paul , accepts a job as a lecturer in philology and finally succeeds in establishing genuine communication with Bernard . |
3 | If a girl has a job , relatives and neighbours start saying of their family — ‘ What kind of people are they , have they no Izzat to make their daughter work ? ’ |
4 | ‘ He has his roots here , however , and has a job for life with us . |
5 | Only that intelligent people can surely accept that a man who has a job like mine can accidentally forget that his wife is giving a dinner party without immediately assuming his lapse is due to lack of concern for her . ’ |
6 | She has a job to do , and she 's doing it quite well . |
7 | Even when a worker has a job in the productive social sector , his or her output varies considerably between the different republics and provinces . |
8 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
9 | One friend , who has a job as well as a family of five , has her widowed mother living round one corner and her mother-in-law round the other . |
10 | A severe hangover Whoever runs the economy after the election has a job on their hands . |
11 | RECOVERY A severe hangover Whoever runs the economy after the election has a job on their hands . |
12 | At least he has a job . |
13 | Ian Balding 's filly is 7-1 favourite for Ayr with sponsors Ladbrokes , but jockey Willie Carson knows she has a job on . |
14 | When she 's not playing war games , Marie has a job in the textile trade . |
15 | A small trainer like me has a job to tick over , let alone make a living , but he always comes to the rescue . |
16 | ‘ Lucy has a job in a million . |
17 | The genealogist has a job to sort it all out , so it is no wonder that many rose lists get into a mess and tend to lump types together more for brevity and convenience than for strict botanical clarity . |
18 | He has a job in mind , but refuses to say directly what it is . |
19 | She 's 17 now , has a job she enjoys and appreciates the respect she gains from doing it well . |
20 | " We 'll see she has a job , do n't worry . " |
21 | A man who has a job that could possibly have brought him into contact with the victims , though I do n't think so myself . |
22 | Corporate decision-making , of course , affects not only what employees do at work , but sometimes whether an employee has a job at all . |
23 | Taking a chance , the Doctor stepped out of hiding and descended the gangplank of the Raubvogel quickly , but with the confident air of one who has a job to do and is doing it . |
24 | He has a job for me , neh ? ’ |
25 | His wife has a job and it hurts his pride , although he is grateful for the money . |
26 | ‘ There 's a man I know — his name is Georges — who has a job at the Hotel Negresco . |
27 | ‘ He always has a job for us ! ’ said Pip very quietly . |
28 | And lackeys in the Press would be better off directing their fire at the Premier , who still has a job , than at the millions who do n't |
29 | In fact none of my year from university has a job , ’ she said despondently . |
30 | Whenever I go in a minicab on my way to a radio or television programme — the companies are kind enough to take us in a car — I end up discussing with the driver how he has come to Britain in the fairly recent past and now has a job driving round London . |