Example sentences of "it be always [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I know , if we ever fall out it 's always about family at Christmas .
2 ‘ It costs nothing , and it 's always on tap . ’
3 He never opens his curtains , so it 's always like night in his room , even if it 's daytime .
4 That 's an interesting point that , any square root , any square root you always get two answers for square roots yeah , it 's always plus thing and minus thing , in complex numbers , when you get complex numbers there are always what we call complex conjugators , if you drew them on them , on them diagram , right , if you drew them on the diagram , what 'll you get , plus five minus three I , plus five , minus three I , and then and then we get minus five , plus three I , You get plus and minus there .
5 It is always worth while covering both the pitot and static vents to prevent rain entering the systems .
6 IT IS always worth timing visits to the French Alps to avoid French school holidays .
7 Although Conklin is absolutely right to concentrate on the economic dimension of corporate crime , for ultimately it is always about money , it does obscure the fact that in pursuing economic goals there are physical as well as economic impacts , and these are sufficiently important to demand inclusion in any conceptualization .
8 ‘ Popular music ’ ( or whatever ) can only be properly viewed within the context of the whole musical field , within which it is an active tendency ; and this field , together with its internal relationships , is never still — it is always in movement .
9 In October 1978 , Sid Vicious — whom Malcolm McLaren had described as ‘ never seeing a green light ; it was always on red ’ — woke up in his room in the Chelsea Hotel , New York , to find the body of his girlfriend , Nancy Spungen , sprawled on the bathroom floor , dead from multiple knife wounds .
10 It was always on show , but it was seldom used .
11 While a few Labour MPs mentioned the born-or-bred question ( Chris Smith , Ken Livingstone ) , it was always in relation to whether one can — and therefore whether Labour authorities could — ‘ promote ’ homosexuality .
12 It was always in motion , in waves and pulses , moving from west to east in the atmosphere .
13 And it was always in autumn that this game was played because we had a sort of a plant that is very common then , we call it in Gaelic [ ragwort ] .
14 It was always by accident I 'd come upon him with others and watch him converse with people I 'd known nearly all my life , lighting them with his interest , vignettes in which I played no part .
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