Example sentences of "work for [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Would the Minister work for £80 a week ?
2 Nobody in the House would work for £80 a week .
3 For the same calculation other pupils rounded 17p to 20p , a strategy which works here but would not work for £1.50 .
4 The details of how the connections are made appear in ‘ Curriculum to serve society , how schools can work for people ’ which incorporates a case-study of how we in Rawlins have thought about this problem .
5 According to the above agreement the six men , the lad and two boys worked for £30 .
6 Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money .
7 Fawlty Towers , 43 weeks ’ work for £9,000 all in .
8 ‘ This means I would be working for £1.50 an hour , ’ said Cath .
9 It seems a natural assumption that someone with Gould 's talents and skill would go from working for people in politics to working in politics .
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