Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to go in for beauty comps , he said when he was winding up his film . |
| 2 | Do you think there 's enough of it in the educational profession , or do you think that one ought to go in for much more evaluation ? |
| 3 | FIVE — never let ignorance hold you back and do n't pay consultants to teach you things you ought to find out for yourself . |
| 4 | But throughout the summer , now I , I ought to find out for you exactly how much time in total this does accrue , but we go to Sherburn Library once a fortnight throughout the summer . |
| 5 | Me and an aunt , just outside Norwich we used to go up for Sunday dinner it was very nice along the river there , and a , I thought the very nice part of cathedral , there 's a cathedral lies very low it had some very nice erm , mm , what you call it , close , is it ? |
| 6 | I used to go out for a drink now and again . |
| 7 | We used to have a lunch break at around about half past ten I think ti was , we used to go out for a quarter of an hour into the school yard to play and have your lunch . |
| 8 | Used to go in for your model paints and coloured marbles |
| 9 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 10 | He was always loyal and when we had a house maid who adored Basil and had little affection for his sisters and she used to stand up for him as hardly done by , he would have none of it , to my remembered satisfaction . |
| 11 | They used to come over for the spud-picking and go to Ormskirk and live in a bothy and would come to Scotland Place because there were so many wakes . |
| 12 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
| 13 | Used to come up for the odd break . |
| 14 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 15 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |
| 16 | While I was having lunch soldiers from the local garrison used to come in for snacks . |
| 17 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 18 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 19 | It was as if she was n't married ; just as it had been before , going to bed in her pink and white room , setting off for the ‘ Craft Basket ’ at half-past eight in the morning , just as she used to set off for school , home by five thirty , tea , telly , and some needlework to keep herself occupied . |
| 20 | It was not long before Mrs. Farr used to look out for me , I would be invited in , a slice of cake was waiting and Bess , the black spaniel , would be fussing around , licking my knees . |
| 21 | ‘ Aye , he used to look out for his dad 's cart on a Saturday at about 4.45 and he 'd wait for it to come across the line there . |
| 22 | He is said to sink onto his knee on the track and wait for the train to end his life ; the train crews used to look out for the shadowy figure and shudder . |
| 23 | He used to look out for them on his way to school and on his way home in the evenings . |
| 24 | She says in the old days women used to look out for each other 's children . |
| 25 | what I 'm saying to you now is , I was saying to Arthur , the , the petrol money that we used to put in for petrol , it cost us five pound a week in the winter , but in the summer it cost us eight pound a week sometimes ten |
| 26 | I suppose I was the one that used to run about for errands or whatever . |
| 27 | You had to accept the responsibility if you broke the window and your parents used to settle up for you . |
| 28 | Whenever I could afford it you know , but erm , there was n't so much money in those days I ca n't remember exactly how much we , we used to get in for coppers you know . |
| 29 | You really ought to hop over for a weekend and see it , Anne . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you ought to watch out for that woman , Bob . ’ |