Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a job " in BNC.
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1 | I may even get a job . ’ |
2 | " I 'll always find a job . " |
3 | Then I could n't get a job . |
4 | When I wh went to Yorkshire , in , we lived at Leeds , I could n't get a job and eventually I got a job er in a electrical firm . |
5 | a customer comes in and he was my wife I did n't have er beard then I was clean-shaven , because after coming to this country when I could n't get a job , I thought that this might be a bar so , which was n't right , but we did it . |
6 | I do n't know if I could even get a job as a junior salesman . |
7 | I 'd never accept a job where I had to wear a skirt . |
8 | But the threat of sanctions imposed by the United Nations is at the back of his mind , ‘ We have discussed it and it is of great personal interest to me as I would n't have a job . |
9 | And I was told I would never get a job as a fireman . |
10 | I ca n't get a job . |
11 | And now I 'm gon na have to leave it and go , and Denis 'll get the room , and all because this country is so fucked-up I ca n't get a job . |
12 | So I wrote him a letter , told him I 'm here , I ca n't get a job , so he managed to get a job for me . |
13 | If I ca n't get a job I wo n't stay in Slumptown — I do n't want benefit or a Youth Scheme' all that crap . |
14 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
15 | But having said that I ca n't see a job where you can just kind of swan in and you know and think about a million different things in one day or whatever . |
16 | I shall never get a job again . |
17 | ‘ Well , I thought if I do n't get these exams , I wo n't get a job , because that 's what people rubbed into us , and then I thought , well , Christ , if I went down town now and had a look , I bet there 's a dozen jobs that 'd suit me . |
18 | ‘ At this rate I wo n't have a job to go back to . ’ |
19 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
20 | Southern hooligans in employment sing ‘ You 'll never get a job ’ to northerners , especially Liverpudlians . |
21 | ‘ Anyway , you 'll never get a job here , Robyn . |
22 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , ‘ you 'll never get a job as long as your father is taking the Daily Herald ! ’ |
23 | She could n't get a job as a washer up could she ? |
24 | You could n't get a job as a Nippy if you had anything more than an eighteen-inch waist . ’ |
25 | Oh I , you could always find a job to do ca n't you ? |
26 | I do n't think he minded , for once he said to me , ‘ You ca n't do a job like mine unless you 're fascinated by it ’ , and I was n't . |
27 | Employers want people with experience , only how do you get experience if you ca n't get a job ? ’ |
28 | You ca n't get a job without having childcare . |
29 | In three months , too , while she knew she would n't get a job that paid as well as the one she had now , she should have secured another job , should n't she ? |
30 | Well if he was tidy you would n't have a job would you ? |