Example sentences of "he always [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always does a good job . |
| 2 | I do n't rightly know but only that he worked in a shop , a big shop , and he always wore a nice suit . |
| 3 | He always wore a plain white shirt with the sleeves rolled back off his splendid forearms , and he had eyes dark enough to look truly black in the lighting of The Bar . |
| 4 | When , worn down at last , he mentioned a man who lived as far away as Prudhoe , the polite picked up a young fellow known as Billy the Badger , which apparently had nothing to do with his poaching activities , but was given him because he always wore a white muffler , the ends tucked into his trouser tops , and on Sundays , when he wore his best , which was a black coat and trousers , his pointed face above this ensemble roughly depicted the night creature of the woods . |
| 5 | ‘ He always wore a red knitted jumper and jeans bought from Tesco 's , ’ she says . |
| 6 | He always had a deep interest in siege engines and the construction of scale working models of these machines ; one of the memorable events of the Chateau Gaillard conference at Durham University was witnessing David 's experiments with his machines on the campus lawns , using marbles for ammunition . |
| 7 | He always had a deep mistrust of other people 's lavatories and , indeed , would never allow a visitor to his own flat to use his . |
| 8 | For example , it meant that whenever the King of France wanted to stir up trouble , he always had a legitimate grievance to hand . |
| 9 | Moreover the young hero was never alone ; he always had a pure process , waiting for him , holding the thread of life which would protect him from the flames and the teeth and the dark belly of the monster . |
| 10 | Even when he was an altar boy , he always had a high regard for you . ’ |
| 11 | Erm Dr was the medical officer of health , part time , and Dr was a character , he always had a white carnation , he rode round in a carriage on occasions , and he er wrote copperplate . |
| 12 | ‘ He always had a special affinity with horses . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He always carried a spare pair of socks and a pair of more comfortable slippers to put on in the office . ’ |
| 14 | His people complained that he always carried a five pound note in his back pocket . |
| 15 | His walk was very brisk and he always carried a preoccupied expression as if his mind was centred on the way the next work of art might be tackled . |
| 16 | He always likes a nice cuddle . |
| 17 | And he always left a little bag of sweets and a threepenny bit . ’ |
| 18 | He always adopted a practical attitude in such affairs and , as Pound remarked after one of their conversations , " There is always a core of solid sense in Mr Eliot 's talk " . |
| 19 | What was undoubtedly important , however , was that the ICS briefed and trained its interviewers to deal with the part of the questionnaire which dealt with sexual offences , and indeed when a case was uncovered by a male interviewer he always offered a follow-up interview conducted by a woman . |
| 20 | By now he was used to spending longer and longer periods alone , yet in that moment when she walked away he always experienced a brief sense of loss that made him want to rush after her and beg her not to go . |
| 21 | ‘ He always showed a good sense of fun and took a good deal of ribbing from the crew with the utmost charm and good humour , ’ said Morgan . |
| 22 | At this age boozing did n't have much visible effect and he always had a red face anyway . |
| 23 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 24 | Apparently he always reckoned a pretty girl with a lovely smile was more important than any other quality ; so the teeth had to be good . |
| 25 | Because he always recorded a basic part and then overdubbed lead parts and solos on the earlier Floyd material , I would play the basic part and David would be free to play over my part . |
| 26 | But he is easy to find , for he always wears a blue suit . ’ |