Example sentences of "i [modal v] [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dr. Lorrimer — he 's the Principal Scientific Officer in charge of the Biology Department — says that I ought to work for an A-level subject and try for a job as an Assistant Scientific Officer . |
| 2 | I always held that view and did all I could to press for an election before Christmas in order that we might get a majority large enough to stand the racket . " |
| 3 | Sometimes I used to go for a pee at this point . |
| 4 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
| 5 | And Ray er Mr from Nottingham says , I used to work for a circus , I 'm an animal lover and all the animals I saw were treated very well . |
| 6 | I used to work for a record company as an office junior ages ago and they were always talking about music as being a packet of cornflakes : you just have to make it look right and make it so it 's easy to recognise and people will buy it . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to work for the bugger — you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It was sixty years ago since I left this place , I used to work for the blacksmith . ’ |
| 9 | Many years ago I used to write for a magazine called ‘ Electronics and Computing Monthly ’ which was killed , even though it had a good circulation . |
| 10 | I used to model for a hairdresser — Herberts in Liverpool — and I had my hair dyed blonde and red , it looked great — honest , but as it started to grow out I neglected it . |
| 11 | But sometimes , when I had time to spare , I used to look for a bargain in the Mercato della Ghiaia , the Gravel Market , which still exists today . |