Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] work for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
| 2 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |
| 3 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
| 4 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 5 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 6 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 7 | She said : ‘ All that has held us together for years is that I 've been working for you . |
| 8 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been working for Radio Skerne for about six years now . |
| 10 | you know , he 's that sort of bloke , he 's a very nice bloke and he 's got a heart of gold and he 's saved us no end of the money ai n't he , since I 've been working for him ? |
| 11 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 12 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 13 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 16 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 17 | In the 19 years she has been working for Durham County Council 's social services the number of rehabilitation officers for the visually impaired has dropped to one . |
| 18 | She had been working for , and fighting with , Patrick Kelly for years . |
| 19 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 20 | It was good to know that all her veterinary training had come to her aid in spite of the fact that she had been working for two years with small animals only . |
| 21 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 22 | " Did n't Jenny tell you she 's been working for me ? " |
| 23 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 24 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |
| 25 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 26 | Other European countries said that the new British Government would be positive and co-operative and would put forward proposals for bringing about the completion of the European Community , for which they had been working for the past 40 years . |
| 27 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 28 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 29 | Like Costner , David , 40 , has had to guard Whitney from hordes of obsessed fans in the four years he has been working for her . |
| 30 | I do not think it is complacent or smug ; one feels it has been worked for . |