Example sentences of "he always [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 2 | ‘ This is a promise that God gave to Abraham , ’ North said Reagan had told him , in the slightly hectoring tone he always had in the North dreams ; ‘ Who am I to say that we should not do this ? ’ |
| 3 | Hazel himself paused in the mouth of the hole , as he always had behind the bramble curtain at home , and looked out across the valley . |
| 4 | He always travels on the back of the lorry where he has to pop up and turn , but he does n't mind at all . ’ |
| 5 | The villain stepped in front of me , two of the thugs he always kept in the tavern to crack the heads of noisy revellers now standing behind him . |
| 6 | Sometimes he finds it hard to understand what I want to say , but he does n't mind how long he waits while I repeat it , and he always understands in the end . |
| 7 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 8 | And he always wins in the end . |
| 9 | He always sits on the floor in front of me . |
| 10 | He never came in very late , always by twelve , and he always tripped on the doorstep from garage to kitchen hall , and he always yelled out complaining , ‘ Why the hell do n't you keep a light on ? ’ |
| 11 | Nor can he always rely on the help of those who in any other industry or service you might expect to be on his side . |
| 12 | He paused as he always did at the foot of the stairs , his left hand holding the lamp , his right hand resting on the banisters . |
| 13 | Gerald was talking very fast and fluently , as he always did on the subject of money , but Charles reckoned he had got the gist . |
| 14 | He felt as he always did on the moor , and especially on this spot and on Big Allen , peaceful , without care , without self almost , at one with nature and the past , and as if nothing that happened down there could hurt or vex him any more . |
| 15 | He was gazing into his make-up mirror , playing the same game that he always did on the monitor screens in television studios — in other words , deciding which was his best profile . |
| 16 | As she heard him come back she refrained from looking out of her window , nor did she go down to the corridor outside his room when , a little later , she heard him groaning as he always did in the grip of a nightmare . |
| 17 | ‘ He always changed for the evening meal regardless of whether anyone was coming or not ’ . |
| 18 | He 'd play last across with the trains , no wonder he was killed by a train , he had many near misses , he always appears on the anniversary of his death and you would see the whole incident in startling detail . ’ |
| 19 | The Rev C Malpass gave a short address , which he always bases on the story of Christ addressing the multitude from the boat or a similar theme . |
| 20 | He always sat at the end of the second coach , in the small , first-class compartment with red plush seats . |
| 21 | A small trainer like me has a job to tick over , let alone make a living , but he always comes to the rescue . |