"On the job" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... shows gave me a fine opportunity to meet possible customers and to make friends for my business. I was on the job for days. I met scores of people and distributed hundreds of cards. I learned a lot, too, in talks with ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
... Major Murphy of the 20th Infantry Battalion, Major Anderson (an old friend) commanding the Australian Field Artillery, and Captain Perry Oakdene, the Engineer Officer on the job. Saw Birdie and returned in the destroyer about 6.30. The day had been so quiet that it would have been almost dull had it not been for the sightseeing—hardly a shot was fired by Turk or Anzac with either gun, trench mortar ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 • Ian Hamilton
... while the former added grimly: "We're on the job, and can look after ourselves. You can represent Dick, Tom, and we'll form ...
— Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck • Allen Chapman
... use any sweet ile on the job, that's sartin. If he said I pounded it in with a club ...
— Shavings • Joseph C. Lincoln
... if you happen to be one of those Johnnies who are steeped in crime, and so forth, and think nothing of pinching diamond necklaces. If you're not, you'll understand that I felt a lot less keen on the job I'd taken on when I sat in my room, waiting to get busy, than I had done when I promised to tackle it in the dining-room. On paper it all seemed easy enough, but I couldn't help feeling there was a catch somewhere, and I've never known time pass slower. The kick-off was scheduled ...
— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
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