Example sentences of "worked for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked for a major oil corporation there called Pan-Global and felt he was privileged to be entrusted by his employer , the proprietor himself , with such a discreet mission . |
| 2 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 3 | Your father worked for a good man . ’ |
| 4 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
| 5 | After I left university , I worked for a Black community project and joined a Black socialist group . |
| 6 | I worked for a photographic company |
| 7 | The woman , twenty-seven year old Kate Webb , worked for a local firm of solicitors . |
| 8 | Neurosurgeons have already operated on Michael , who worked for a local builders ' merchant , and a team of specialists are keeping a round-the-clock watch on his condition . |
| 9 | A postmortem examination at Middlesbrough General Hospital carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr James Sunter revealed that Mr McEvoy , who worked for a local bus company , died of a gunshot wound . |
| 10 | Ms Donovan worked for a local authority and , during the course of disciplinary proceedings , was told that she would be permitted to terminate her employment on the last day of the year if she so wished . |
| 11 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |
| 12 | He ran a transport company , sold insurance schemes to jockeys , worked for a dodgy outfit that specialized in horse tonics . |
| 13 | My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic . |
| 14 | Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia . |
| 15 | Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time . |
| 16 | She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time . |
| 17 | After leaving the magazine , Caroline worked for a short time in the Cardiff newsroom . |