Example sentences of "[noun] always [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John , Lord Carteret [ later Earl of Granville ] , who succeeded him , was under no illusions about France , which he identified as ‘ the enemy always aiming at our destruction ’ ; periods of peace with her he considered ‘ only an intermission of hostility ’ . |
| 2 | It could n't have been Gloria , for Gloria knew that Dot always slept in her vest and knickers . |
| 3 | This is , of course , what efficient readers always do in their reading . |
| 4 | The grandchildren always bathed in her kitchen rather than at home , and she ‘ looked after our heads ’ for lice , while after the bath the blind grandfather ‘ used to tickle our backs with stick in front of fire . ’ |
| 5 | Although the Boss always fights with his Mob he still counts as a Character and his points cost must be reckoned with the Character points allowance . |
| 6 | Paulie always slept on his front and he 's alive to tell the tale unfortunately . |
| 7 | Then she thought of the picture Graham always carried in his wallet of Carrie and Mikey . |
| 8 | The tin bath was half-filled with hot water into which had been poured the same perfumed green oil that Smallfry always added to her bath . |
| 9 | " And " is by no means always used in its Boolean sense ( consider " yachting and boating " ) , but " or " usually is so intended ( people use " or " rather than " and " when they do not see the concepts which it separates as being particularly closely related ) . |
| 10 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 11 | People always talk to my reputation . |
| 12 | Little Billy always lied to his mother , but they were never convincing . |
| 13 | Little Billy always lies to his mother , but they are never convincing . |
| 14 | Champions always fight with their regiment and can not leave it . |
| 15 | Champions always fight with their regiment and can not leave it . |
| 16 | John 's obsession for uniformity was thwarted at this point as the experience of the older Girls always showed in their eye make-up . |
| 17 | He also began thinking about Rebecca Salmon and their bargain , but in the end his thoughts always returned to his father 's grave on a foreign battlefield and the revenge he intended to inflict on any German who dared to cross his path . |