Example sentences of "[noun] always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I hear the word " tending " I think always of that confident attentiveness to the needs of the machines , the control over work that was unceasing , with half a mind and hands engaged but the looms always demanding attention . |
| 2 | AND now the latest in corporate hospitality for pleasing clients always aspiring to something better : croquet . |
| 3 | I leave all the details of training to Ron — he is the expert — and my racing programme is planned between Andy Norman , Ron and me with Andy always playing an important part . |
| 4 | John , Lord Carteret [ later Earl of Granville ] , who succeeded him , was under no illusions about France , which he identified as ‘ the enemy always aiming at our destruction ’ ; periods of peace with her he considered ‘ only an intermission of hostility ’ . |
| 5 | ( Piers always talking about his American grandmother . ) |
| 6 | Martin held him at the knees always pushing inside him like warm water pouring in . |
| 7 | Wave after wave of sensation ran through her until she thought she might drown in a tide of pleasure as his tongue and hands explored the soft silkiness of her body , his lips always returning , though , to meet her lips , like a humming-bird seeking nectar . |
| 8 | Dr always insisting that she was n't campaigning for the legalization of cannabis . |
| 9 | Does no one nowadays keep up the old precaution of when in a strange pub always starting with a half ? — KEN REED , Sutton , Surrey . |
| 10 | He wanted to improve their lot , as John Conolly was doing , but with Maud always wanting every luxury he could n't afford to leave this lucrative private madhouse . |
| 11 | It was good boys ' stuff — the hero always scoring the winning goal , hit or try . |
| 12 | The boy always having adventures and escapades while the girl looks on admiringly , tells him to be careful or stays to play with dolls , is by no means automatically true of the day-to-day play activities of young children . |
| 13 | First , the term ‘ national security is no stranger to us ’ and was used often in statutes without being defined or restricted as to its meaning , with Parliament always accepting that ‘ decisions about questions of national security must be for Ministers ’ . |
| 14 | Nor were the Russians always spoiling for a fight . |
| 15 | and ninety six point five , this is Trent always playing a bigger music mix . |
| 16 | ‘ Michael Crawford takes his induction into the ways of the world with his usual incredulous gape , ’ wrote Eric Shorter in the Daily Telegraph , adding cautiously , ‘ It is a pity to see a young and promising actor always playing the same role , though he is undoubtedly quite good at it . ’ |
| 17 | So I 'm about er well the one that 's kept it up Mrs Cooper always going too . |
| 18 | Why is Phil always slobbering on the reviews pages ? |
| 19 | What you want to go interfering for she burst out , leave me and my family alone , little busy body always sticking your nose into other people 's affairs , Daryl 's temper flared up , I do n't she said , you gua rd your tongue Sally , I never meant to interfere and I ca n't think what all the fuss is about , either you have a sister or you have n't , I do n't care . |
| 20 | He claimed to have been consulted by more than one European government about his knowledge of espionage and he certainly made the most of his sense of melodrama , during his later years always carrying a revolver . |
| 21 | Our mams always watching us . |
| 22 | I 'm through with you and Gran always telling me what you want , what you expect me to be … . ’ |
| 23 | Each issue gives balanced treatment to the four skills , with the emphasis always moving from receptive to productive skills . |
| 24 | My Dad s always talking about trying a windmill , but he 's never managed it yet , so it 's home-made tallow candles in the winter , to save the electricity . |
| 25 | A shifty-eyed little devil , and his wife always expecting . |
| 26 | He put his hands out to take up the carving knife and fork and Amy Hall murmured something to her neighbour about Arthur always having wanted to be a surgeon really . |
| 27 | With the best will in the world , the library is not always going to have the book on its shelves that the student is after ; and nor are members of staff always going to be available to answer students ' enquiries . |
| 28 | By a painter who befriends him , and who sleeps for a while with his mother , Jaromil , already self-perceived as exceptional , original , is introduced to modern art , which ‘ had not yet become the shopworn property of the bourgeois masses and retained the fascinating aura of a sect , a magical exclusivity fascinating to childhood — an age always daydreaming about the romanticism of secret societies , fraternities and tribes ’ . |
| 29 | I get fed up with people always assuming that refugees have nothing positive to offer this country and that they are merely bringing or being problems . |
| 30 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |