1. Charlie has taken a street sweeper's job to earn the money to pay off the cruel landlord who would otherwise put a blind girl and her mother out onto the streets. (BNC)
2. The English representative on the board asked her whether she'd like to work for the company in Switzerland, as resident copywriter. She replied: `No, thank you. I'd rather be a street sweeper.' (BNC)
3. Whether you are a king or a street sweeper, we all have to dance with the Grim Reaper, (...) (BNC)