Example sentences of "always [verb] [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She always put me to bed … and read me a story . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ For a long time , ’ he says , ‘ the king acted on the advice of William of Montague , who always encouraged him to excellence , honour , and love of arms : and so they led their young lives in pleasant fashion , until there came a more serious time with more serious matters . ’ |
| 3 | A few minutes before , he had tried to add ‘ We apologize for nothing ’ to the rules in his head , but he knew that Sara would always move him to compunction . |
| 4 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 5 | ‘ It was partly wanting to say to my children that on one day a week I could always take them to school . |
| 6 | This four-weekly experience always sent him to bed with a migraine for the rest of the day . |