Example sentences of "[be] always [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're always meaning to oil it . |
| 2 | If your bills are always sailing through taxation as drawn , it may be that your draftsman is getting it spot on , but equally it may be because the bills are being constantly understated and therefore are found to be unobjectionable . |
| 3 | You complain how seldom I attend you , and when you are always talking of matrimony or this low-born raw girl it must needs lessen the pleasure of approaching you . |
| 4 | At one crowded meeting a British soldier got up and said , ‘ Why is it that you Burmese are always talking about independence and self-government ? |
| 5 | These days we are always talking about safety as if being safe is a virtue . |
| 6 | Hospitals are always working at near-capacity , so anything that upsets the balance automatically causes more strain . ’ |
| 7 | Twentieth-century western feminists , however , are always arguing about class . |
| 8 | I 'm always dying of thirst . |
| 9 | You were always getting into trouble then . " |
| 10 | Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make . |
| 11 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 12 | I used to work for a record company as an office junior ages ago and they were always talking about music as being a packet of cornflakes : you just have to make it look right and make it so it 's easy to recognise and people will buy it . |
| 13 | Ensure that the boom is always pointing into wind . |
| 14 | If you are close to mastering the slow pirouette , you may find this to be easier since the model is always pointing into wind . |
| 15 | Remember that the relevant information set is always changing in line with business conditions . |
| 16 | He is always talking about style : he has yet words of the absurdest that occur in every page , bland , delicate , dainty ; one blushes to read them . ’ |
| 17 | One word of warning : do n't assume that your surprise attack is always going to work , otherwise you might get a nasty surprise yourself . |
| 18 | ‘ A star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 19 | ‘ An actor is someone who plays a role , tells a story , ’ he explains , ‘ and a star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 20 | How could they be short of money when everybody 's always paying in money ? |
| 21 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 22 | Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes . |
| 23 | He was always getting into trouble . |
| 24 | The Gruff 's had a marmalade tom cat that was always getting into trouble . |
| 25 | During his session with the unfortunate staff at Caterer and Hotel Keeper he was always wheezing with laughter at something that did not really seem to warrant it . |
| 26 | Kevin was always talking about syntax because he was reading philosophy and this is the kind of thing philosophers talk about . |