Example sentences of "always [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the Trust is always looking to increase the register as the larger the number of donors , the better the chance of a successful match and transplant operation . |
| 2 | ‘ I now feel I defend much better and instead of always looking to beat the full-back I am happy to get half a yard on him and cross the ball as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 3 | With the best will in the world , the library is not always going to have the book on its shelves that the student is after ; and nor are members of staff always going to be available to answer students ' enquiries . |
| 4 | Newcastle were always striving to keep the ball by those machine-like movements which only the cleverest exponents of the short-passing game can exhibit . |
| 5 | Spacing of the bricks is marked on to the former on the inner and outer circumference , always starting form the centre brick so that it 's exactly symmetrical . |
| 6 | In his own life it had always been he who was the supplicant , telephoning Diana from call boxes on his rounds in the hope of closing some nagging gap of intimacy left at breakfast , and always having to hide the agony of dread that her casualness could cause him for fear of the danger of irritating her . |
| 7 | There was a wee window you could look into before you came to the back door and she was always sitting reading the paper . |
| 8 | ‘ Daddy was always trying to use the money as a stick to beat me into changing my way of life . |
| 9 | Line , like stance , is therefore a fluid thing ; it is a method of positioning and repositioning yourself so that you are always trying to reduce the opponent 's opportunities . |
| 10 | Andreas was always trying to steal the key so that he could read it . |
| 11 | When used with always and never , the present continuous can also express habitual action : He 's always forgetting to water the house plants . |