Example sentences of "always [verb] [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
| 2 | Early April in the Hebrides can be wild , but we always make it a rule that , if we have decided to go , then we go , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 3 | Oh we can always lend you a couple of ten pences . |
| 4 | As Tom MacQueen himself once told me , banks will always lend you an umbrella , when it 's not raining . |
| 5 | Suppose I 'll have to put them both with a five can always buy her a plant or some or a box of chocolate 's , oh sorry Melvin brought you these , forgot you were on a diet |
| 6 | The Shah did no like Bakhtir - " I had always considered him an Anglophile and an agent of British Petroleum . " |
| 7 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall always feel it a bounden duty on my part ’ , Gould later wrote to Sir William Jardine , ‘ to sing their praises for if well treated they are the most harmless kind of creatures imaginable . ’ |
| 9 | U-boat alley was the gap in mid-Atlantic where they did n't have air cover from Britain or Canada , but Preston always imagined it a bit like the alley at the back of their houses with a U-boat at each end firing torpedoes at Grandad as he hopped and scuttled down it on his way to the Turk 's Head . |
| 10 | And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain : |
| 11 | ‘ Actually , I 've always made it a rule never to get drunk before going on stage . |
| 12 | When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried . |
| 13 | The YCCC have always made it a policy to celebrate after each of their victories in the six-year ( continuing ) battle with the tannery , the city officials , and the Federal and State monitoring agencies . |
| 14 | The peculiar verisimilitude of the novel 's representation of reality , and the peculiarly hypnotic spell the novel casts upon its readers , have always made it an object of some suspicion , both morally and aesthetically . |
| 15 | The trick with infantry is to use them in large units , at least four ranks deep , preferably more , and to always give them a banner . |
| 16 | So when I used to drop the old ladies off , I 'd always give them a kiss goodbye — then the other drivers would think they were my granny ! |
| 17 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |
| 18 | One or other of these could always give you a clue . |
| 19 | I can always give you a routine check-up , but obviously , if you get any twinges , even if you think it might just be wind , give us a call . |
| 20 | Erm so you need to develop a system that 's going to always give you a method and is always making the work easier for you and not getting you lost . |
| 21 | ‘ You can always give it a try . ’ |
| 22 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 23 | Ev well I do n't know about this year mind but every Christmas I worked there she never paid us double time for anything over Christmas , she was always bought us a present . |
| 24 | Do make sure your babysitter gets home safely ; always give her a lift if it 's late at night . |
| 25 | They nearly always give me a suite , so you 'll have your own room — ’ |
| 26 | Well yes you can but if anyone refuses U B er I S rather I always give them a leaflet . |
| 27 | He was fun with the children when they were younger , too , telling them stories about life in the countryside , taking them out — ‘ go all over the place with him , yes ’ — and seeing them to bed : ‘ he always give us a piggyback up the stairs to bed . ’ |
| 28 | and they always give you a question like that where it 's , you know , there 's a nice little short way , which is the wrong way round |
| 29 | As I 'm passing this great big q , queue it always give you a sense of well-being does n't it , when you can walk by to the front sort of thing , not to the front of the queue , you can just walk in . |
| 30 | and the boys always save me a place . |