Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] always [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A railway station which has flowers to greet the passengers and where the trains always run on time … well almost … has been judged the Best in Britain . |
| 2 | Their machine guns fired " through " the propeller , the timing being carefully synchronized with the rotation of the propeller so that the bullets always passed between the blades and never shot them off . |
| 3 | This makes any pages loss quite obvious and also means that the material always stays in the correct order . |
| 4 | But to the Labour party , it seems that the solution always lies in having more ex-teachers , more ex-educationists and more establishment figures who alone , Labour thinks , are capable of doing the necessary inspections in our schools . |
| 5 | She had none of that innocence or boundless enthusiasm that the Princesse always saw as the stamp of the American girl . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ We were seeking to find if the river always spilled at the same points , and the answer was yes . |
| 8 | Her home-made toffee apples were the real thing even though more often than not , when the coating was licked away , green fruit would be revealed and the sticks always look like cut down kindling wood , as they probably were . |
| 9 | I have cautioned a lot of people , and the caution always seems to be effective . |
| 10 | He did n't know when they 'd be back ; all he knew was that his boss had some kind of private deal going with the gang foreman of a motorway sub-contractor , and the boys always appeared without notice , worked at the speed of practised moonlighters , and probably got their money in a plain envelope passed under a pub table somewhere . |
| 11 | But I was also terrified of the geese because of a childhood experience — I was chased by a flock and the memory always stayed with me . |
| 12 | And we 'd sit there on er a and then when it was time to come home , when me father used perhaps might be about er nine o'clock or half past , he used to come and the gentleman always used to him . |
| 13 | and the sun always comes along the side of the house . |
| 14 | Descending broken rock requires a nimble style , with the emphasis on sure footwork and the hands always placed for balance and as security in the event of a slip . |
| 15 | Blake had been a very good agent and the KGB always looks after its own . |
| 16 | It was a boarding-house where foreigners and theatrical folk lived in upstairs rooms and the kitchens always smelt of stew and roasting meat , currant buns and freshly baked bread . |
| 17 | ‘ Nobody buys tickets for Box 5 , but the ghost always comes to it on opera nights . ’ |
| 18 | The journey was meant to last three hours , but the train always left at least an hour late . |
| 19 | But the Bainbridges always go into the Army , ’ but he had forgiven her , eventually , when she promised to try to take her leave when he took his . |
| 20 | For many years the Government offered an annual award of 10000 Belgian francs for research into sexually transmitted diseases , but even this has been discontinued , perhaps because the award always went to a foreigner . |
| 21 | Whether the NIRC always acted with the greatest wisdom may be debatable . |
| 22 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |