Example sentences of "be always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 2 | When I was almost there ( and how would my money do , if I must be always taking cabs ? ) |
| 3 | His trousers usually fell down a bit and he was observed to be always hitching them up by peculiar digs with his elbows . |
| 4 | He seemed to be always looking at himself not literally , but trying to see what effect he was making . |
| 5 | They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate , or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters . |
| 6 | Johnson disliked the riding he had experienced on Skye , complaining of its ‘ unsocial ’ nature , owing to the usual narrowness of the way which never permitted two abreast ; and , he said , ‘ you can not indulge in meditation by yourself , because you must be always attending to the steps which your horse takes ’ . |
| 7 | Oh yeah I I both of us would would be always recording and singing what we like ourselves you know . |
| 8 | This is what sets off its archaic phase from the oriental arts to which it owes so much ; what drives Greek artists to be always changing , developing , till they find themselves forced to abandon the inherited conventions and create their own , classical , style which becomes the basis of European art . |
| 9 | One was a complicated case in which the client had a number of relatives living nearby , who were said to be always arguing with each other ( including about the client 's care ) . |