Example sentences of "always [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always sits on the floor in front of me . |
| 2 | As in the case of the infinitive of reaction , this use seems apparently to contradict the hypothesis that the support of the to infinitive is always situated before the place in time ( to be ) occupied by its event ; however , when compared with the use of the -ing form here , the contrasting expressive effects suggest another interpretation : ( 21a ) Reading Gideon on Beet was a new literary experience . |
| 3 | His competitive streak has always come to the fore in head-to-head situations , such as the World Match Play and the Ryder Cup . |
| 4 | He owed his life to his men , he said , and he had been horrified to discover the conditions in which they lived at home , particularly in the towns — he being a gentleman , you see , and always living in the country in comfort . |
| 5 | If you look at a small child 's eyes , they are always looking in the direction in which they are moving . |
| 6 | Always ride through the course in your mind before you set off . |
| 7 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 8 | And it all our shoes were repaired on the backyard , like that er he had no shed ad there was no outbuildings were we lived at anyway , and er he 'd always sit in the summertime in the backyard repairing shoes . |
| 9 | The fish jumped out of the tank on a few occasions , landing on the carpet , but was always returned to the tank in time . |
| 10 | He hoped fervently that they would go back to Florence and had dropped several hints in the hope of getting this information out of them , but the Captain was always concentrating on the job in hand as if nothing else mattered and the magistrate only smiled and nodded distractedly , his mind apparently elsewhere . |