Example sentences of "always [v-ing] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is probably known as Champagne Tom in the office , always breaking open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate handing over a fortune to another punter . |
| 2 | Maybe it is due to my always having eaten a diet rich in red meat and saturated animal fats ? |
| 3 | Mr Healey said that Labour , always having had a majority of men , would have won every election since 1922 if women had n't been given the vote . |
| 4 | The number of tourists at the town 's new tourist information centre has doubled to 26,000 this year , and the policy of always trying to answer a visitor 's question has undoubtedly played a part in that success . |
| 5 | Here , there was a boy there who was n't 'alf a saucebox , he was always trying to get a look at me legs and drawers — ’ |
| 6 | Barton says : ‘ I had a reputation at the club of always trying to play a bit of football . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |