Example sentences of "[be] always [v-ing] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you 're always trying to get the better of me . |
| 2 | ‘ Because has n't history proved that the English are always trying to do the Irish down ? ’ |
| 3 | Line , like stance , is therefore a fluid thing ; it is a method of positioning and repositioning yourself so that you are always trying to reduce the opponent 's opportunities . |
| 4 | Says Marcus Lyon : ‘ You are always going to get the lazy buyer who wants a barn conversion because they do n't want to take the time and trouble to do it themselves . ’ |
| 5 | Newcastle were always striving to keep the ball by those machine-like movements which only the cleverest exponents of the short-passing game can exhibit . |
| 6 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the Trust is always looking to increase the register as the larger the number of donors , the better the chance of a successful match and transplant operation . |
| 8 | When used with always and never , the present continuous can also express habitual action : He 's always forgetting to water the house plants . |
| 9 | I was always getting told the Three Bears . " |
| 10 | ‘ Daddy was always trying to use the money as a stick to beat me into changing my way of life . |
| 11 | Andreas was always trying to steal the key so that he could read it . |
| 12 | Thenceforward I was always wanting to take the joys of solitude and of society in their extreme forms , and was alternatively miserable from the lack of company or the presence of uncongenial company . |
| 13 | There was a wee window you could look into before you came to the back door and she was always sitting reading the paper . |
| 14 | Iain , like any impressionable adolescent , was always going to find the bad sister more exciting . |