Example sentences of "[am/are] always [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 're always collecting for babies unit . |
| 2 | Because they do things like that at customs because they 're looking , they 're always looking for drugs and things that should n't come in . |
| 3 | " But we need bodies to practise on , " he grinned , " we 're always looking for volunteers . " |
| 4 | Well , we 've got our cost reductions as an ongoing process er , so it 's never complete , you 're always looking for ways to , to become more efficient or effective but I do n't anticipate any redundancies er , any further redundancies but obviously if , if , if systems become available which improve our efficiency and effectiveness we , we have to take account of it . |
| 5 | Well I remember Jackie telling me , she came back from sh she came up to meet me in London one day and she came up with the woman , a German woman , who at that time was a buyer for Army and Navy er women 's fashions and this woman said that the model girls who are so thin she said they 're always bursting into tears and crying because they 're under such stress to keep their weight down and their boyfriends do n't like it because the girls are are lovely to have on their arms to take out , you know everybody sort of goggles , you know , lovely slim girl with yellow half way down her back etc. but , in fact , these girls get very , very ratty ! |
| 6 | As a sentencing judge you are always looking for options erm a variety of options to impose so that each individual sentence that you impose on a defendant is tailored to either the rehabilitation or the punishment ends of sentencing . |
| 7 | At The Royal Bank of Scotland we are always looking for ways to ensure that our customers achieve a good return from their savings , particularly now that interest rates are much lower . |
| 8 | However , that process is continually evolving and we are always looking for suggestions to aid its development . |
| 9 | Local wildlife trusts are always looking for volunteers too . |
| 10 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 11 | There are also still about a hundred racing dinghies of the same class as Port and Starboard 's Flash : Yare and Bure one-designs which are always called after butterflies . |
| 12 | ‘ The dungeons at Tara are always filled with Humans . |
| 13 | On the other hand , even when there is a practically continuous , minimal level of activity throughout a season or year , semi-skilled and unskilled positions are always filled by casuals . |
| 14 | Much of our literature and culture stems from or relates to attempts to represent conceptions of town or country , conceptions that invariably contrast the one with the other ; town and country are always represented as opposites . |
| 15 | HAVING watched M. Desclaux 's performance at Cardiff I am not surprised that the French are always complaining about referees . |
| 16 | QUACK : Why drug pushers with lisps are always mistaken for ducks . |
| 17 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 18 | The steps are always performed in boots or heeled shoes so ali the movements look stronger and often heavier . |
| 19 | The cows are always milked by members of the family and they can usually spot mastitis in the first 24 hours . |
| 20 | No matter how often we tell people that a dog is for life , not just for Christmas , some are always abandoned within hours of being given as a present . ’ |
| 21 | The delays are always measured in years , and some plaintiffs die in the interim . |
| 22 | Special cards are always appreciated at times like these — my grandmother says that cards are her favourite part of the proceedings . |
| 23 | Similarly , early humans are always portrayed as hunters , surviving largely on a diet of meat , and this interpretation is still being taught to schoolchildren . |
| 24 | In general , responses to direct or indirect questioning about non-standard varieties are always conditioned by speakers ' awareness of their social significance and usually reflect knowledge of the standard rules . |
| 25 | Since , in view of the fact that F has two null columns , the first two elements of x are always multiplied by zeros , it is not necessary to compute them until the iterations are complete . |
| 26 | While I 'm on a journey I 'm always looking for cones and sometimes I 'm fortunate enough to be held up at traffic works . |
| 27 | I tell you , I 'm always thinking of others . |