Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] work for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did a great deal of work for my constituency as an MP and plan to do a lot more . |
| 2 | And I think it 's a very fine piece of work for which he received a first class mark incidentally . |
| 3 | I am no more and indeed no less — than a fine craftsman , a tailor , in search of work for my hands , honest work , to keep me alive . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to ride a bit of work for me . ’ |
| 5 | and I 'm hoping that the local authority will start coming across with a bit of work for me . |
| 6 | 2 , it 's a very normal and routine bit of work for you . |
| 7 | Unlikely though it seemed to students and friends of the scholarly and bespectacled professor , he had at this period worked for what became SOE ( a kind of work for which his precision of mind , excellent memory and linguistic ability pre-eminently qualified him : he contrived among other exploits to smuggle the leader of the Bulgarian Peasant Party out of the country into Turkey in a truck ) . |
| 8 | Developments in Europe continue apace as many of the directives and associated legislation from the European Community affect areas of work for our profession . |
| 9 | After suffering a defeat by Maldon in the Anglo Two Counties League at the weekend , captain Roy Flanagan can overlook the hassle of having to organise days off work for his players . |
| 10 | and she does all that sort of work for me |
| 11 | There is nobody in a stronger position than someone who is doing a good job of work for nothing , especially when his employer is stingy and congenitally idle . |
| 12 | I try to keep one step ahead of the rest of the staff , making sure that there 's a continuity of work for them , and I like to try to mix their work as much as possible . |
| 13 | Because , let's face it , if we 're all one economy it is n't a level playing field if one country is inviting in erm companies er You know , transnationals , the lot , on the promise it 's cheaper to get our workers to work for you , you do n't have to pay out for this . |
| 14 | In 1988 , disputes arose between British shipowners , who proposed to introduce changes to existing terms and conditions of work for their employees , and the National Union of Seamen . |
| 15 | Er , er , Jim got erm a ticket in the sweep at work for me , but it was er , what was it ? |
| 16 | ‘ With practice , my style developed , and there 's stacks of work for me now . |
| 17 | There are plans to give everyone affordable health insurance , allow leave from work for anyone with a sick child or elderly relative to look after , and enforce a seven-day wait for anyone wanting to buy a handgun . |
| 18 | The ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ tour that followed was an enormous amount of work for everybody involved and in some ways , it began to break down . |
| 19 | Right , but what needs to happen is if we continue like this we 're gon na be re-inventing the wheel every year and making a lot of work for yourselves . |
| 20 | That 's a lot of work for one . ’ |
| 21 | After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment . |
| 22 | Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish . |
| 23 | It was a lot of work for her . |
| 24 | Not really no , a lot of work for nothing . |
| 25 | ‘ That must be a lot of work for your mother , ’ McLeish said , hopefully , and got another level , distantly amused look . |
| 26 | If you leave a complicated estate with lots of bits here there and everywhere and your affairs in mess and the solicitor 's got to sort out he 's going to have to do a lot of work for it . |
| 27 | Now Andy , he gets a nice two hundred and fifty thousand a year , he does do a lot of work for it though |
| 28 | Made a lot of work for you . |
| 29 | But there would have been a lot of work for you boys |
| 30 | Must have been a lot of work for you . |