Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | With parliamentary life now dominated by machines rather than individuals , the back benches are packed with men and women whose only hope is to be offered a job in the Whips ' Office or a junior ministerial brief . |
| 2 | I found it gratifying to be offered a job without searching for one . |
| 3 | I was lucky to be offered a job with the organisation . |
| 4 | and all this money that he 's got , ca n't pay a man a living wage , so but it 's a decent as I say , he 's lucky to be got a job these days . |
| 5 | and er er er er the situation is that you can , in , in some of these nursing schools where they have taught you and it is their letterhead that 's on your pass-out , they still are n't in a position to say oh well there 's a job of course because you do n't need to have passed out top , you know , to be guaranteed a job , there ai n't no jobs guaranteed for no one . |