Example sentences of "always be [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Must you always be straining at the leash to bloody your blade ? ’
2 To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ?
3 There are other ways of marking it , but it would always be explained at the beginning of a textbook or dictionary which system is used .
4 The bass may however , always be doubled at the octave below if desired .
5 Teaching children should always be taken at the child 's pace , answering questions as truthfully and accurately as possible , rather than trying to tell the whole story .
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