Example sentences of "people [verb] not always [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although people do not always do what they say they do , where there is a mismatch between what they do and say , we can assume that there is some reason for this . |
| 2 | People do not always observe the principle , of course , but where a speaker flouts it , the hearer will suspect she has a reason . |
| 3 | People do not always speak — or write — in complete sentences , yet they still succeed in communicating . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is said , as native speakers of a language seem able to recognize correct and incorrect sentences , the idea of there being language rules exemplified in such sentences does seem to correspond to some kind of reality , even if people do not always speak according to these abstracted rules . |
| 5 | Bereaved people do not always need to be ‘ done unto ’ . |