Example sentences of "[pron] [is] always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Good old Acapulco — someone 's always dropping in for lunch ’ |
| 2 | He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself . |
| 3 | This created a conundrum for the label , resolved with the following decision : ‘ You can suffer from Number One-itis , ’ reckons Andy , ‘ which is always trying to get to Number One or go one better than you managed last time . |
| 4 | And are you happy with your pointlessly expensive urban house with its coffee-and-cream décor and its bristling gadgets , your sixty-five-minute slog into work every day , your overheated office with the 'phone shrilling in your ear , your tiresomely predictable holidays , your interests in food , jogging and American films of the 1940s , your car which is always getting scratched , and your kids and the mortgage and the bills and all that ? |
| 5 | Of course , an intentional consequence of any effective training programme should be to permeate ideas and attitudes throughout the working environment via the ‘ day-to-day training which is always going on whether we specifically plan it or not ’ , not least of all to counteract existing erroneous ideas and/or unwelcome attitudes . |
| 6 | Excuse me for that er actually erm and I am grateful to you for pointing out really an area which is always going to cause erm a degree of difficulty . |
| 7 | They are especially obvious in feminist psychology , which is always supplementing scientific psychological narrative with stories and examples . |
| 8 | It was Goebbels who said : ‘ The best propaganda is not that which is always revealing itself : the best propaganda is that which works invisibly , penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge at all of the propagandist 's initiative . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody . |
| 10 | She 's always trying to make trouble for me , because she 's nothing but a jealous , vindictive old woman . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's always trying tae copy me . ’ |
| 12 | Michelle added : ‘ She looked a bit of a sight when I got to the station but she 's always trying on my clothes . |
| 13 | She 's always trying to tell me things . ’ |
| 14 | She 's always trying to sober him up ! |
| 15 | She 's always trying to sober him up ! |
| 16 | She 's always looking ! |
| 17 | She 's always reading the fashion mags and spends loads of money on clothes . |
| 18 | She 's always sucking up to Ma . |
| 19 | I think Bryony likes erm Smarties because she 's always sucking the juice out of beans . |
| 20 | She 's always puttin' flowers there and lightin' candles . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's always fussing about her food , ’ said Camille . |
| 22 | She 's always flirting with him , she flirts with everyone . |
| 23 | . And she gets , and she 's always getting new clothes and new shoes . |
| 24 | Being a nurse , she 's always pointing out the dire effects of too much caffeine . ’ |
| 25 | No , she 's always shouting at me . |
| 26 | I mean she 's always wearing heels |
| 27 | I mean some people were quite willing to answer it and they were quite willing to say what stereotypes they usually employ and others j er just clam up and said , oh I never judge people , and I thought yeah liar doing all the time ? biggest gossips in the office and she 's never got a good word to say about anyone , she 's always digging the dirt but when I presented her with it , I never try to judge people . |
| 28 | yeah , she 's always buzzing about , but erm , no this lady came back |
| 29 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
| 30 | ‘ She 's always telephoning her , even if she 's only just left the house . ’ |