Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] always [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not always at the village , ’ said Allen , ‘ sometimes I go east to Lincoln , or south to Peterborough , I have been as far as Lynn . |
| 2 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |
| 3 | Leadership is not always with the chairman , but tends to be shared as appropriate . |
| 4 | The reader with a love of art is not always at the front of a publisher 's attention . |
| 5 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
| 6 | It is not always in the interest of farmers or agents to go directly to companies with an interest in selling equipment or attempt to design a system themselves . |
| 7 | It is not always in the right and we know that it is not . |
| 8 | The oldest housing is not always near the City centre . |
| 9 | Defence is n't always at the top of the political agenda and in periods of long time peace as we have now enjoyed , people tend to forget the dangers are still genuine and still there . |
| 10 | But unrealized potential was exploited as well as people and European economic intervention was not always at the expense of the non-European . |
| 11 | The advice they gave was not always to the sovereign 's liking as the famous conflicts between James I and Chief Justice Coke showed . |
| 12 | Next Friday when you go to get your money , cos I was n't always with the collier , mostly I was on the day work . |