Example sentences of "always [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must n't forget Mauleverer , the one who 's always demanding to know if the haddock is finnan , the salmon wild and the beef Aberdeen Angus . |
| 2 | The boy had seen because he was always looking to see what people were doing . |
| 3 | But , when asked whether he was still looking for a new goalkeeper despite Hitchcock 's form , Porterfield said : ‘ We are always looking to improve our squad of players and we will keep searching . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ WE 'RE ALWAYS LOOKING to do that thing which makes people stop and say , ‘ No ! |
| 5 | ‘ I was always looking to join a foreign company because I speak a little bit of English and wanted to practise it . |
| 6 | He 's always looking to take on the back row and his sheer physical strength is phenomenal … |
| 7 | Short , left-handed and aggressive , he was an opener who hit the ball extremely hard , played every shot in the book with great relish and was always looking to attack from the first ball . |
| 8 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the Trust is always looking to increase the register as the larger the number of donors , the better the chance of a successful match and transplant operation . |
| 10 | ‘ I now feel I defend much better and instead of always looking to beat the full-back I am happy to get half a yard on him and cross the ball as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 11 | And then there was Matthew , always resentful , always looking to hurt ; and her father-in-law , leading the boy into bad ways , moulding him in the same pattern as himself . |
| 12 | Buchan fitted the bill perfectly ; he was an experienced , thoughtful player who was always seeking to improve his performance and working out moves for the next game . |
| 13 | In this way the child 's performance is continually sustained by the adult who , almost paradoxically , is always seeking to withdraw so that the child is able to participate in interactions as an independent and autonomous individual . |
| 14 | He felt that the Eastern District , serving a widely-scattered , largely-rural population , working generally in co-operation rather than competition with Cambridge University Extra-Mural Board , and always seeking to maintain high standards , had nothing to fear from the amendment of grant regulations proposed in Recommendation 6 , an amendment which took into account quality of work , the needs of the region as a whole and the provision made by other interested bodies . |
| 15 | In the pursuit of his fortune , he had deliberately travelled many long and distant journeys , always seeking to escape from memories of Beth and their time together . |
| 16 | The mutual understanding is that they give him their votes , and he gives them his services , always seeking to prove that he is at the very least as obliging and as diligent as the other " TDs and would-be TDs in his constituency . |
| 17 | Jackson conveyed the impression of wishing to establish a permanent UN presence in Korea on the basis of always seeking to convince the Russians of the value of cooperation . |
| 18 | Here de Candolle 's concept of species being at war with one another , discussed at length by Lyell , must have allowed Darwin to see that the population of any species is always tending to expand into the surrounding territory , if necessary at the expense of the existing inhabitants . |
| 19 | Always wanting to pump liquor into some unsuspecting female , for nefarious purposes . ’ |
| 20 | Thenceforward I was always wanting to take the joys of solitude and of society in their extreme forms , and was alternatively miserable from the lack of company or the presence of uncongenial company . |
| 21 | It would hardly have done him much good in his professional life , where women were always wanting to know if they were having them or how to stop them or conceive them , if he had been . |
| 22 | Always wanting to know where she was and what she was doing . |
| 23 | Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail . |
| 24 | He 's always wanting to top himself as well is n't he ? |
| 25 | Always wanting to get there first , |
| 26 | At KLM , we 're always improving to keep pace with your higher level of expectations . |
| 27 | He suggested that there should be drawn up such an ideal optimum , and only then should the private sector be taken into account to see how the ‘ ideal ’ and the possible would diverge , but always attempting to push towards the ideal . |
| 28 | Maurice , an amiable young man , had realised as soon as he came to the Reach that Richard was always going to do this and that he himself would accordingly be known as Dondeschiepolschuygen IV which was inscribed in gilt lettering on his bows . |
| 29 | I think it 's more constructive ; we 're always going to make weapons of some kind , ships of some kind , boats , we 're always going to drive some kind of vehicle , and we 're always going to need hospital equipment . |
| 30 | ‘ Ultimately , the customer is always going to call in through one particular vendor , but the hope of the alliance is that the vendors will work on a quid pro quo basis , ’ he added . |