Example sentences of "always [vb -s] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keef always laughs at that , an' then 'e wheezes a bit an' , like gasps for breath an' falls over . |
| 2 | He 'd once walked out , in a sixteen-year-old child 's sulk , on a family dinner-party , and his father had always chided him about it — it had become one of those family memories that everyone always laughs at , always shares . |
| 3 | We have great hope that your Majesty who always has at heart anything that can be useful for the peace of the world , will use her personal influence , as well as that of Prince Albert whose influence is so great in Germany , in order to achieve this end . |
| 4 | A game always has at least one loser . |
| 5 | ‘ in a case where one or more of the conditions of section 82(1) are fulfilled , the court always has at least theoretical discretion to rectify any part of the register , even as against innocent third parties … |
| 6 | Rildia Bee held court , charming and charmed , while Gisella Tect , baker extraordinaire , cut the wedding cake Van had bought for the party , as lovely as the wedding cakes he always has at parties for his mother , a wedding cake made , of course , by Gisella Tect herself . |
| 7 | A camera always looks at a scene from a particular point of view . |
| 8 | She just lo she always looks at me and laughs . |
| 9 | One nurse described how she always knocks at the door of a private room if there is a terminally ill patient in case she should catch them crying . |
| 10 | HIT always needs at least three arguments ( the hitter , the person hit , and the thing used to hit — we might call these the AGENT , the ACTED-UPON and the INSTRUMENT ) . |
| 11 | Phyllis is very particular about cleanliness , which is why she always shops at the new branch of Safeways . |
| 12 | I mean , you know , whenever have you ever known someone to get constipated from Chinese , you know , but it always happens at the Indian , always , always ! |
| 13 | It is possible to see Halliday 's view of theme — as whatever comes in initial position in the clause — as a reflection of ( a ) the nature of English as a language with relatively fixed word order , and ( b ) his study of Chinese , this being a language with a special category of topic which always occurs at the beginning of the clause . |
| 14 | The results however are quite clear : positive cooperativity always occurs at the gal P1 promoter , independent of the C-terminal part of the α-subunit but is only observed with the intact wild-type enzyme at the lac promoter . |
| 15 | Since the event is attached to frame , it always occurs at exactly the same point in the movie , so sound effects are very accurately synchronised to the pictures they should accompany . |
| 16 | Someone told me how her director always says at the end of her outpourings , ‘ Let us keep silent and wait on the Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 17 | He always arrives at his desk around 7.30am , giving him time to sign cheques and deal with some administration before the phones start ringing . |
| 18 | well he has I mean er my my daughter-in-law said he takes he mu he very often drives he 's got a season ticket , an annual season ticket t er to take the train but more often than not he drives because he gets into the into London at about quarter to seven in the morning he goes and you know , parks the car and then goes and gets breakfast and she says he always takes at least one shirt in the car with him to change into . |
| 19 | According to an experiment carried out in 1897 , light always travels at the same constant velocity . |
| 20 | It always snows at Christmas . |
| 21 | As we have seen , however , the gathering together of workshop participants with similar interests is only part of the idea , for Highlander always aims at helping people to translate their ideas into positive action when they return to their own communities . |
| 22 | However , the user MANAGER always remains at the top of the LIFESPAN system 's user tree and can never lose his unique privileges . |
| 23 | However , the user MANAGER always remains at the top of the LIFESPAN system 's hierarchy and can never lose his unique privileges . |
| 24 | However , the user MANAGER always remains at the top of the LIFESPAN system 's user tree and can never lose his unique privileges . |
| 25 | It goes along the old coach road every night , and it always stops at Dwolding . ’ |
| 26 | The knotting process always begins at the side of the rug ( after the selvedges have been secured ) by tying a knot on each pair of warp strands in a horizontal direction across the width of the rug . |
| 27 | I 'm sure he wo n't mind me mentioning the fact , but as far as I know Graham Marsden is still waiting for that elusive ’ two ’ , not that he has n't had his share of big roach , it 's just that the needle of his scales apparently aggravatingly always sticks at around 1lb 15oz ! |