Example sentences of "he [vb past] work [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car was traced to dealers in Nottingham where he 'd worked for nine years . |
| 2 | He pledged to work for all sides in the constituency . |
| 3 | In order for him to maintain interest he needed to work in short spurts . |
| 4 | India and Pakistan , but he had to work in each case through the chief executive who was charged with running the business . |
| 5 | When he first came , he had worked on various building sites . |
| 6 | Ah but unlike me , him , I was a raw recruit whilst he had experienced County Council and he had worked on both sides of the Council Chamber as a as a Government Officer , I believe , and er County Councillor . |
| 7 | He had worked for twelve years on matters covered by the Official Secrets Act , of which , obviously , he was a signatory . |
| 8 | He had worked for various firms doing all sorts of jobs , for he was nothing if not adaptable , and recently , just as he was approaching retirement , the firm he worked for in Deptford had become bankrupt . |
| 9 | According to the paper , he had worked for 21 years as a judge and preacher and was an outstanding reciter of the Koran and the author of books on Islamic law . |
| 10 | His explanation that he had worked for several years for one master , until his employer had died , mollified Jonadab a little . |
| 11 | Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting . |
| 12 | Robinson , made redundant by the takeover of Camerons Brewery , where he had worked for 19 years , will continue to play for West for the rest of the season . |
| 13 | In 1702 , after the king 's death , he settled in the Netherlands , where he continued to work in close collaboration with Machado and Pereira . |