Example sentences of "work for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils may lose their reason for working unless they have learned to work for themselves , to value the pleasure that comes with seeing , and with being able to explain to others . |
| 2 | This African talked of his own change of heart , his vision of God 's multi-racial world , of which Rhodesia is a part ; of how he himself had hated the whites , and had now shed his hate to work for what is right for all . |
| 3 | I 've only eight working years left now and with all my savings gone , I simply ca n't afford to work for nothing . |
| 4 | So while interpreters working from spoken English to sign language are called upon to work for nothing as a service to these normal , intelligent ‘ disabled ’ people , those in the foreign spoken language interpretive role , where language users are equal , may rise to occupy one of the highest status roles in diplomacy , and correspondingly command high financial rewards . |
| 5 | They have to work for nothing to get the job done . |
| 6 | In an early 1950s mining community , husbands kept their wives ' allowances low so that they could skip a shift if they wished , but few wives expected their husbands ‘ to work for nothing ’ and it is not difficult to find examples of wives exercising considerable control over all but the husband 's pocket money . |
| 7 | The women ended up having to negotiate everything through their husbands , and when they were expected to work for nothing on their husbands ' plots they refused and demanded full payment . |
| 8 | The Ayrshire widow suing a Tobacco giant on behalf of her husband who died from lung cancer earlier this year says she 's amazed and delighted that her lawyers have agreed to work for nothing . |
| 9 | The garbage picker appears to work for himself but is in fact part of an industrial organisation . |
| 10 | An issue that typically divides them — and caused the largest opposition group , the Democratic Party , to split at its congress last month — is whether to compromise with the Communists or to work for their complete removal . |
| 11 | They may moan about it every Monday morning , they may agitate for shorter hours and longer holidays , but they need to work for their self-respect . ’ |
| 12 | Improvements to animal welfare and the environment can only come about if they are perceived by us to have added value , and this means that the animals must continue to work for their living and we must accept the short-term economic consequences of working towards explainable , more humane , agriculture . |
| 13 | They are put to work for their hands , not for their minds or imaginations . |
| 14 | But their kids were n't expected to work for their love , it was n't seen as a return for services rendered . |
| 15 | The British introduced a system of taxation in Africa which forced the Africans to work for their colonizers simply to pay their taxes . |
| 16 | Aidan Canavan , chairman of the Dairy Farm Project — set up with aid from the International Fund for Ireland — said : ‘ The centre is one of the examples where success can be achieved by people getting together to work for their community in a non-sectarian way . |
| 17 | Where heavy demand or deficiencies existed , small-scale traders such as mechanics , carpenters and plumbers would be allowed to work for their own profit . |
| 18 | The original intention that the poor could be put to work for their own support , or even show the country a profit , was one which developed out of the Elizabethan founding idea of the " parish stock " . |
| 19 | Suggestions of obligating the unemployed to work for their benefits are quite in keeping for a Government which has done virtually everything else it can to ensure that millions of Britons will work for derisory incomes . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think people should have to work for their dole money , although some sort of ‘ workfare ’ programme might help some people in terms of references or whatever . ’ |
| 21 | Give them just enough food for them to be able to work for their keep . |
| 22 | I feel very sorry for people who have to work for their living now , I really do . |
| 23 | I said that 's just down bloody road from where I , where I live like cos er I used to work for their rival , G E C well they were A E R when I worked for them . |
| 24 | Then , to increase her income and her reputation , she plunged into business enterprises for which she was ill-equipped and inexperienced ; in three or four years she had lost most of her money and people refused to work for her , ‘ it was advised about the town … that neither man nor beast would serve the said creature ’ . |
| 25 | Ambition burned within her , she wanted Hari to work for her so much , to make the business an outstanding success and Hari 's reticence only made Emily more eager to have her services . |
| 26 | Her proposition had been simple and direct — if he were to work for her , she would make him wealthy and ensure him a place in society . |
| 27 | ‘ Then let's go and talk to the señora , and see if she likes you to work for her , Lina . ’ |
| 28 | I would like you to come to London to work for me . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't suppose I could persuade you to work for me in return ? |
| 30 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |