Example sentences of "always [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And ‘ Did you always want to run a business ? ’ |
| 2 | She always expected to find a rival ; but there was no rival , unless you count Emma Bovary . |
| 3 | Marjorie named her Lizzie ( she 'd always intended to call a daughter Lizzie but had produced only sons ! ) and the two forged a strong bond . |
| 4 | As a boy I was always taught to use a sod of turf as a foundation , so that the eggs would remain slightly damp , and to build a snug nest of hay on top of it - and the barn wall was knobbly , draughty and dry as dust . |
| 5 | Everyone always wants to knock a man off the top — I know , I was that man . |
| 6 | The joint always has to sag a bit before the control starts to push it . |
| 7 | Proof that a wood kitchen does n't always need to have a country cottage style . |
| 8 | Anyway , if you always want to hear a piece of music played in a certain way , you might as well sit at home in the lounge and listen to your favourite , definitive CD recording . |
| 9 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 10 | Not for him the histrionics which always seemed to accompany a Mansell win last year . |
| 11 | She often forgot how handsome Georg was , especially lately when he always seemed to have a scowl on his face . |
| 12 | Off camera , we always seemed to have a laugh . |
| 13 | Those old Andy Hardy movies always seemed to have a scene where a bunch of American teenagers would be sitting around in an old barn or something wondering where to stage their amateur dramatics . |
| 14 | A girl who wore her long dark hair loose , who practically lived in jeans and sweatshirts , and who always seemed to have a couple of paint stains on her somewhere because she was trying to scrape a living by producing exquisitely detailed illustrations for books . |
| 15 | Cranston always seemed to have a fear of small boys . |
| 16 | She became school librarian , and always seemed to have a book in her hand . |
| 17 | They always seem to do a lot just here |
| 18 | You always seem to want a curry . |
| 19 | Caroline 's friends , in general , always seem to have a sense of humour . ’ |
| 20 | We always strove to get a solution that was acceptable all round . |
| 21 | Marketing folk here always like to promote a face as well as a product . |
| 22 | ‘ 'E always seems to 'ave a lot ter say fer 'imself . ‘ |
| 23 | When other horses are reaching their limit , Milton always seems to have a bit more in reserve . ’ |
| 24 | But Bingham retorted : ‘ When Jack 's nervous he always seems to have a go . |
| 25 | Spencer has always longed to have a Spitfire and one day Mike Searle , presumably having recovered from the shock of the Jungmann episode ( see the September issue , page 25 ) , pointed out an advertisement in which some Spitfires were for sale at Strathallan in Scotland . |
| 26 | Until there are as many and varied women in bands as there are men , we will always have to shout a bit louder just to be heard . ’ |
| 27 | So , given that he 'd always have to keep a foot in England , if only during the cricket season , and given that as long as he kept a presence here he would be answerable to the Society , he had to face them . |
| 28 | The US Masters champion added : ‘ I always try to defend a title but I have sweated my guts out in America this year to get where I am and I feel I am entitled to play . |
| 29 | Always try to scan a photograph as near to the size you want it rather than use software to re-scale it , optically reducing scanners are a great help here . |
| 30 | If there is one thing more disagreeable than removing the bovine afterbirth it is watching somebody else doing it , and I always try to maintain a conversation as I grope around inside . |