Sentence examples for for which I earned from inspiring English sources

I flew at the brat and kicked his ringwormed shins, for which I earned myself a thrashing".

I ended up living in my mother's spare room and took part-time teaching work in another city, for which I earned less than jobseekers allowance, in a desperate attempt to keep myself in the academic job market.

"The show for which I earned the nomination was about cyber bullying.

Rather, he says, too many consider it simply a glorified form of begging: "I'm doing an activity for which I earn a small tip from people.

If I'd tried to get a graduate job, failed, and settled for a non-graduate career in which I earned more than £15,000 (my student loan repayment threshold), I struggle to see how my degree would have been anything but damaging to my personal finances.

There was beer and fried catfish, which I earned, waiting for them to get their damn books signed.

So the thought of sitting all day every day in an apparatus that forces me to expend energy in order to provide power to my lifeline to the outside world and device by which I earn money for food, shelter, and clothing is intriguing to me.

Once you factor the hours I actually put in against the hours for which I am compensated, I earn less than minimum wage with minimal benefits and no job security.

Times: What types of things do you tend to own? White: I own quite a few mutual funds, for which I'm aiming to earn returns of 12%to15%5% a year.

I am now married and my daughter has a stepfather but I was a single parent for seven years during which time I earned tenure, a year early, published numerous books and articles, served as chair of my department, and served as founding director of a gender studies program.

I remember watching him in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (for which he earned his first Oscar nomination, aged 19) and being moved.