Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 2 | now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now . |
| 3 | I used to work for a certain er c er creamery there . |
| 4 | I used to work for a young lady who loved roses , you see , and she had a lot in her garden . |
| 5 | I love the story told to me by a make-up girl who used to work for a well-known London hairdresser . |
| 6 | The Soviet Union used to account for a substantial slice of the factory 's exports . |
| 7 | We know that we ought to care for the subnormal precisely because they are subnormal : they are weak , defenceless , at our mercy . |