Example sentences of "always [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A professional decorator told me years ago that when carrying out domestic painting , he always asked the lady of the house the shade she would like for the finished coat . |
| 2 | Much of its strength can be attributed to the vigorous support of the church , which has always placed the family at the centre of Christian living . |
| 3 | I have always resented the imposition of an alien culture , whether European or otherwise , on the indigenous inhabitants . |
| 4 | So with Amyas 's long , damp fingers pressed against her eyes , Jennifer was led stumbling into the passage , and on the way up to the house Sir Gregory tried to think how he was going to pacify his wife , who had never been able to forgive him for his infidelity and who had always resented the presence of his bastard 's daughter under her roof when she came to hear Mass . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've always resented the ideal of the frilly frock and girly giggle as the symbols of femininity — dungarees and big boots should not be considered any less female or feminine . |
| 6 | Looking back over the years at the relative strengths of Japan versus the US in the semiconductor industry — a polarisation that will always make the news in Japan — during the 1970s , the US had an advantage , Grove said , which faded in the 1980s when Japanese manufacturing disciplines , just-in-time and its clearly superior semiconductor manufacturing equipment led to the Japanese gaining the upper hand , particularly in memory chips . |
| 7 | He always checked the mechanism before firing because the Ruger/MAC Mark I was now vintage and occasionally liable to jam . |
| 8 | The position nevertheless remains that the possibility exists of parliamentary legislation inconsistent with the 1972 Act being preferred by an English court under the doctrine of implied repeal and , even if this possibility were removed , there would always remain the possibility of an express repeal , for notwithstanding this impressive accumulation of law and practice there is no shortage of political figures who insist that the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom stands unimpaired , and plenty who are pledged to use that power to extract the United Kingdom from the coils of Europe in which they see it as enmeshed . |
| 9 | This technique , which requires extremely sophisticated methods of analysis , will always remain the province of the specialist . |
| 10 | Perhaps she was a bit like that as a child , Dexter sometimes wondered , always eating the pastry round the outside of a tart before she gobbled up the fruit-crammed centre . |
| 11 | While education has always formed the core of MAP 's work , the organisation challenges social structures which allow acute poverty and injustice to flourish , and encourages debate and action which will lead to changes in these structures . |
| 12 | In the early days , they simply challenged the notion of " excessive trade competition " and were not " prepared to admit that there has been much if any reduction in the price paid [ elsewhere ] for good bookwork , which has always formed the staple of the Edinburgh trade " . |
| 13 | These crops still provide the sustenance for animals and people , and hence , after settlements , the land use of the countryside is of most importance to the landscape historian : effective use of the land has always formed the basis of survival . |
| 14 | Why am I always given the responsibility of looking after the microphones , I 've done this for years well think about this brother here , he made cheese for years and he did n't like the job one bit , now is n't that strange , do you know why ? |
| 15 | Right now for integration I always raise the power by one and then |
| 16 | He has always recognized the sweetness of an apple as a reason for choosing it , although a sinful one ; with the lapse of the standard which condemns it , it asserts itself as the only relevant consideration . |
| 17 | We have always recognized the danger of self-appointed visionaries . ’ |
| 18 | Another thoughtful refinement is always to arrange the knot in the abseil ropes on the top of the anchor slings so that it does n't run against the rock when pulled . |
| 19 | If we investigate a small enough part of the boundary between two arbitrary media we can always regard the boundary as a plane surface . |
| 20 | Armed with these he can always override the effect of the words he speaks . |
| 21 | The theoretical aims always concerned the analysis of ideology . |
| 22 | Hostel accommodation almost always involves the sharing of basic facilities such as bathrooms and kitchens . |
| 23 | ‘ I know he 'll be very angry with his mother — he 's always hated the thought of anyone being rough with his children . |
| 24 | Some countries now list only the less toxic pesticides , but official recommendations have not always stopped the marketing of more hazardous products . |
| 25 | And in the second half when we always make the bulk of our profits , we fought back and our second pre-tax er , er performance , exceeded by some five million er , that of nineteen ninety . |
| 26 | I always make the statement at the time — as I did last Thursday — based on the information available to me and on the right process for the House for the following week . |
| 27 | She had always sensed the goodness in Sarah Byrne and for Paddy 's sake wished they could be friends . |
| 28 | On steep snow the leader should always plant the axe in a manner from which it would be easy to hold a sudden load . |
| 29 | In Joan Halton 's attempt to be more whole , she needed to know more about her desire to come first , at least for part of the time , rather than always maintaining the veneer of premature maturity she had felt forced into adopting as a child . |
| 30 | On the other hand contemplatives are almost always enjoying the embrace of their Beloved . |