Example sentences of "always [verb] to [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very fine thing , and you know until er until the day I left in nineteen forty two they always referred to these chaps in the forties like say I was , er a as being er , Ooh he 's a man . |
| 2 | He always rose to such occasions with confident decisiveness and calm authority . |
| 3 | whether we succeed or fail in what we try to do nearly always depends to some extent on factors beyond our control . |
| 4 | Rather , they should be seen as establishing ‘ influences ’ pulling in particular directions ( in contexts where , for particular individuals , there are many other influences ) , sometimes supportive , sometimes contradictory , but always open to some degree of individually idiosyncratic interpretation . |
| 5 | So Grice 's point is not that we always adhere to these maxims on a superficial level but rather that , wherever possible , people will interpret what we say as conforming to the maxims on at least some level . |
| 6 | C S Lewis says , ‘ Lovers are always talking to each other about their love ; friends hardly ever talk about their friendship . |