1.   Brian insisted that his sons learn a trade.

2.   Graham knows his defender should be learning his trade by the occasional appearance in a winning team to breed confidence.

3.   He tried hard to wean them away from crime by persuading them to learn a trade instead.

4.   I started to learn a trade so many times, and never finished.

5.   Learn your trade fully, do the job properly - no half measures.

6.   Warning colours work well with educated predators but do involve repeated sacrifices as young hunters learn their trade.

7.   Young men and women can learn a trade in the military.

8.   He learnt his trade as a diver in the North Sea.

9.   She had joined a world-famous company, learning her trade well until finally starting her own business.