Example sentences of "[pron] always [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern agreed , although not without adding a rider of her own : ‘ I always did think that Bodo was being alarmist . ’ |
| 2 | Lucky old Gerald , I always did admire him , in a way . |
| 3 | I always did admire the Eastern approach to these matters . |
| 4 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 5 | I always did say you were a fool to tell him . ’ |
| 6 | I always did like anything new , as long as it was comfortable . ’ |
| 7 | I always did like a challenge . |
| 8 | Oh she 's , but she 's gone nice , I must admit , cos I always did like her , even though like they use to say she was spoilt and that , well , you ca n't help it |
| 9 | But I always did hate rules . |
| 10 | I always do sit with my hands in my pockets , except when I am in the company of my sisters , my cousins , or my aunts ; and they kick up such a shindy — I should say expostulate so eloquently on the subject — that I have to give up and take them out — my hands I mean . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I always do walk out in the end . |
| 12 | Well I always do come this way ! |
| 13 | Cos she always does bugger you know ! |
| 14 | She always did think Jeremy was all right-once you got to know him . |
| 15 | She always did choke off any men who showed signs of wanting to get close to her and she did n't know why she behaved like that . |
| 16 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 17 | He would say she always did ask too many questions and why did n't she stay cool , tell him she loved him ? |
| 18 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 19 | Because I think in the so called Good Old Days , you always did stand up when you heard the National Anthem played . |
| 20 | ‘ You always did like strange new places . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ By the Lord , Jimmie , you always did have rose-edged ambitions , but like sunsets they fade . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You always did have a gallant streak , Jimmie , ’ Randall said , skirting the crowd . |
| 23 | ‘ You always did have strange ideas . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You always did believe it possible to cure other people 's unhappiness , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ He just said : ‘ Tell her : ‘ You always did say I did daft things if you were n't around to stop me . ’ ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You always did say that her fairies were the lightest you ever tasted . ’ |
| 27 | For not only would the developers — who always did have a reputation as sharp dressers — be examples of sartorial elegance but the traditionally staid chartered surveyors would also have swapped their green-check jackets and corduroy trousers for double-breasted suits , red braces and ties that were more of a ‘ statement ’ than a fashion accessory . |
| 28 | But we always do have such a choice and hence no sentence has observational consequences all its own . |
| 29 | And yet we always do sell them , er we always have Anglepoise lamps in the shop |
| 30 | But they always do ripen ; it 's in their nature . |