Sentence examples for take a gig from inspiring English sources

But when his paycheck doesn't arrive, he is forced to take a gig teaching Shakespeare at a high school.

Every few years, the late-night television rumor mill speculates on whether Stewart will renew his contract, or take a gig hosting one of the many other late-night programs.

Take a gig at the New Republic.

When we take a gig that pays everyone else on set but us, because we'll be getting exposure.

As for those criticizing Munro for interrupting Obama, Carlson responded that the Daily Caller's "critics ought to make it official and take a gig at the White House".

In "Green Room," Alia Shawkat and the late Anton Yelchin play members of a struggling hardcore band who take a gig at a white supremacist compound, and then find it difficult to leave after they see something they shouldn't have.

In 2006 Mr. Camerieri, a Juilliard graduate, took a gig playing with the indie singer Sufjan Stevens and soon began leading his horn section.

But many conservatives insist that a liberal reputation wouldn't dissuade them from taking a gig with tenure and summers off.

She is a tailor and costume designer who recently took a gig dressing 1930s mannequins for the TV drama Mr Selfridge.

Tahar Rahim gives a rumpled, compelling performance as Gary, an unschooled McJobber who takes a gig as a decontamination sub-contractor, carted like cattle from one reactor to the next.

He directed and produced a short movie as a class project, but, he said, he was not able to bear taking the final requirements, like a science class, so he took a gig at the M.T.A. nearly five years after submitting an application.