Parf of speech: Preposition, OED Year: 1175, OED Evaluation: Now arch. or vulgar. Cf. French pour, German um zu.
Before an inf., usually for to, (Sc. till), indicating the object of an action; = ‘in order (to)’.
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Interviewer: Did you go to Beaverton high-school? Speaker: Yeah, mm-hm. Interviewer: Oh, in town. Speaker: Yeah, uh-huh. Interviewer: What was that like? It was a big change probably. Speaker: Oh yeah, yeah. We had to go there for to write our- We had to go there to write our grade-eight exam. |
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So mostly your- the- the nights were very short, because you weren't in the house, eh? And by the time you'd g-- do the dishes, it was time for to go to bed. |
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Interviewer: Yeah. So where did you go for high-school? Speaker: I didn't. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Parents couldn't afford for to go to high-school. |
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Yes, well, what happened, Ellwood, is ah, for a couple years they had a thing about farm kids that needed a driver's license like I did for to take the milk to the factory. And ah, what happened is you just needed the signature of your parents and the police chief. |
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We know- we- we do now have the computers and we have everything for to keep track of things but I still am concerned. |
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And, you-know, there was a- there was an opportunity, you-know, to expand the Upper-Scotch-Line-Cemetery that I thought was a very reasonable deal by Joe-Mathers. Very, very reasonable. But it seemed to be too much paperwork, too much this, too much that for to go along with the deal. |
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So anyway, I get down and there was a great big, ferris wheel or a midway r-- ah, machine running there, banging and smashing, right beside us and you know your line, and (inc) had made a thing for the- with the machinery for to have the smash-up derby. |
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