Example sentences of "but [pron] always [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd threaten that I 'd not get any money the next week , but I always managed to . |
| 2 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 3 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 4 | But you always have to be seeking improvement . |
| 5 | Every , every year four weeks about , well even before that but you always have to s every year |
| 6 | I mean she could come up to us , but she always seems to be rushing about , here , there and everywhere do n't she ? |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 10 | But there always seemed to be something else to be done about the farm . |
| 11 | But he always returned to the streets of Paris for inspiration , recording aspects of city life long since lost ; finding both joy and humour amidst scenes of poverty . |
| 12 | People who did n't like him said he was very sarcastic , but he always seemed to me to be a most sensitive and competent man . |
| 13 | A small trainer like me has a job to tick over , let alone make a living , but he always comes to the rescue . |
| 14 | But he always wanted to be the one in control , the top dog , to be the one who could take off on a whim and relate his volatility to democratic individual freedom to do as one pleased — a special privilege to which only Americans were supposed to be entitled . |
| 15 | But it always seemed to me more important from L.G. 's point of view than from ours . |
| 16 | This dream of decentralisation as a means to administrative efficiency continues to the present day , but it always wakes to the reality of Political control . |
| 17 | Substandard nursing practice may or may not be the fault of the individual , but it always points to inadequate supervision and teaching . |
| 18 | Strong pink is not the easiest colour to handle , as it can clash terribly , but it always seems to be surrounded by masses of green foliage , blues and pale yellows . |
| 19 | but it always seems to be something we want special , either a silly little comedy and things like that they were perfect , but anything we really want , it always seems to stop |
| 20 | I am aware that there was a steady decrease in the casualty figures and this was welcome to the Harris Offensive and also to the Mighty Eighth , but it always appeared to be that the Luftwaffe were just that one step ahead until , of course , the advent of D-Day and the advance of the Allies on the Continent . |