Example sentences of "but always [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally they walk upright along a branch , grasping it with their toes but always holding on to a branch above their heads with their hands . |
| 2 | It begins just north of the Mexican border and continues as far as Vancouver , sometimes winding inland , occasionally merging with the multi-laned 101 , but always providing fascinating variety . |
| 3 | I tried both violin and piano , but always went back to guitar . ’ |
| 4 | He 'll enjoy posting clothes into the washing machine , too , but always supervise this game and check the machine before switching it on . |
| 5 | Families feud , but always protect their own . |
| 6 | He named it Stegman ( a steg is a male goose ) and it spent most of the summer on the reservoir but always wintered at West Birk Hatt . |
| 7 | However , not much in the way of working-class housing was constructed on the bank tops until the 1850s , when housing development began in earnest and continued until the First World War with the construction of ‘ By-Law ’ housing by builders of a variety of scales but always using land ‘ developed ’ by large-scale investors . |
| 8 | Now one of the criticisms that I 've had er from the people who prefer to be nameless but always come to me afterwards and say oh it was a waste of time coming . |
| 9 | Natural signs and social symbols might seem to form a continuum , marked by the presence of convention at the social end but always involving natural expression too . |
| 10 | He tried to be the former and his Notebooks show his struggle : the latter he knew he could never be but always revered . |
| 11 | I had been freelancing reviews for NME , but always sent them by post , when the very nice man at Sounds poached me to go and do nice juicy features . |
| 12 | As usual do not repeat but always reply as quickly as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ I remember this sermon because my father , who never laughed but always kept a straight face when he joked , leaned over and murmured that this preacher spoke so eloquently of Hell , he must have been there himself . ’ |
| 14 | When she played , charging him at full speed , she would often knock him over but always retracted her claws , which , when used for hunting in the wild , can tear a wild pig or deer apart . |
| 15 | Bingham has had a number of options available over the last year but always contended that Rogan , irrespective of his omission , was still very much part of the set-up . |
| 16 | Walton created Wal-Mart and developed it into the nation 's largest stores chain with annual sales of $44 billion , but always maintained a down-to-earth approach . |
| 17 | You may add other toppings if you wish , but always use refried beans as the base . |
| 18 | The same technique can be applied to any other topic , but always use as many textbooks as you can . |
| 19 | He may well ask for space for himself , but always space in relation to another . |
| 20 | John wanted the light misty at first , then becoming brighter , but always radiating from a focal point at the back of the stage ; Primavera arising from the floor in white must make a ‘ most phallic ’ effect . |
| 21 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 22 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 23 | Endill was sure she made tools because they never bought any but always had the ones they needed for digging and planting . |
| 24 | Three initiatives in particular " confirmed " their fears : a seminar series held in 1954 and entitled " Encounters between Poetry and the University " , which were ostensibly purely cultural but always became highly politicized ; a projected " Congress of Young University Writers " , planned for November 1955 by pro-democratic students and progressive Falangists , but banned by the Ministry of the Interior ; and the idea of a " National Congress of Students " , in preparation for which a manifesto calling for the abolition of the SEU monopoly of student representation was circulated in universities throughout Spain in early 1956 . |
| 25 | But always hold it , keep it and if you 're holding that stone you wo n't stutter . |
| 26 | If you are casting off a long length , then move the weight up from time to time , but always keep it actually on the cast off edge . |
| 27 | It is n't invariable practice amongst conveyancers even to keep a third copy of a simple transfer for themselves ( but always keep one if it contains restrictions , or the grant or reservation of rights , etc , or if you will require one for your mortgagee 's solicitors ; normally one prepares top and carbon , both of which are sent to the seller 's conveyancers with a suggestion that the top copy , too , should be retained and used as the engrossment if its terms are approved . |
| 28 | He never drank them but always brought them home with him to add to the array in the cellar . |
| 29 | By the 1880s the Longhorn was almost extinct but always regarded with a certain fondness as a quaint and essentially useful animal which appealed to cattle-lovers in spite of its commercial faults . |
| 30 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |