Example sentences of "always [vb base] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not be the part nearest the house , though this is where sitting out areas always tend to be made . |
| 2 | The microphones in a radio studio always tend to be large and rather obtrusive . |
| 3 | ‘ You always tend to business first ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Except for the dinner queue , the dinner nannies always push to the front . |
| 5 | ‘ I always trust to my instincts , ’ he began , his voice still soft . |
| 6 | Second , there will be a border area where the two interpretations merge , in the sense that certain particular values for adjective and noun meanings , when joined in an attributive combination , will under either interpretation always correspond to identical external situations ; hence even highly sophisticated investigators might be hard put to it to tell whether a given adjective is simply applicable to X or has as its value having the property of being-related-to-X . |
| 7 | You 'll end up with about a dozen letters on mantel again cos I always forget to post things . |
| 8 | They always suggest to the present writer the taste of a ripe plum . |
| 9 | Always say to yourself , ‘ I will select a field just in case I do n't find lift . ’ |
| 10 | I always say to myself , there 's that little barrel Benny Hogan coming along . ’ |
| 11 | I always say to the kids , ‘ Just marry who you fall in love with , as long as you 're happy ’ . ’ |
| 12 | That 's what I always say to mine . |
| 13 | That 's right , I just , I always say to them you 're welcome to come in and have a coffee you know , I do n't really , I 've got me own views , I 'm not really interested in what you 've got to tell me , I know all about it , but you know you 're welcome to come in |
| 14 | always say to me go on , say summat . |
| 15 | The way that sons always are , they way they always expect to be taken care of . |
| 16 | Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment . |
| 17 | Taxing problems The arrest of the former head of the Mexican Treasury 's personnel section may go some way to explaining why government departments always appear to be overstaffed , but incapable of offering decent service . |
| 18 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 19 | They always appear to be happy and spend their lives trying to help others . |
| 20 | You always appear to be perfectly contented . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There always appear to be two explanations of everything . |
| 22 | Always listen to your body and its built-in warning system — pain ! |
| 23 | Do other people always listen to what you have to say ? |
| 24 | And always listen to old walls . |
| 25 | It 's generally rubbish , but every so often there 's a story , so I always listen to him . ’ |
| 26 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 27 | Always speak to women , not men . ’ |
| 28 | The erm you know the rather large lady that , who I always speak to ? |
| 29 | I go , I had the lovely calligraphy pen and I put to Mr and Mrs , cos I always speak to Kevin , I know him |
| 30 | Rather , they should be seen as establishing ‘ influences ’ pulling in particular directions ( in contexts where , for particular individuals , there are many other influences ) , sometimes supportive , sometimes contradictory , but always open to some degree of individually idiosyncratic interpretation . |