Example sentences of "n't always [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't always recognize the president 's authority , there 's a wonderful , there 's a wonderful true story of er er at some point in the Korean war Truman flew out from Los Angeles and MacArthur flew out from er Korea and they met in one of the Pacific islands , I forget which one i er Wake Island I think , and , and on the runway you had the president 's plane at one end and MacArthur 's plane at the other end you see , and Truman sits there waiting for MacArthur to come to him and MacArthur sits there waiting for the president to come to him , you see , and nobody moves . |
| 2 | We 've heard a lot about the accuracy of the continuing bombardments , but erm anybody who 's been in a war will tell you that erm once you 're in a war situation , things do n't always go the way you expect them to , in fact there has to be an element of luck and erm the accuracy of bombing in particular erm sometimes leaves something to be required . |
| 3 | If , in the real world , you could n't always realise the perfection of the model , the miniature , the diagram , at least the pattern had something in it to be pleased about . |
| 4 | And it seems that this is the norm and there comes a time when you do n't always mention the norm , you do n't underline it every time , you do n't refer to it every time because it is the excepted thing . |
| 5 | I E it does n't always serve the food which they would like . |
| 6 | And you ca n't always blame the drummer ! |
| 7 | Do n't always blame the software |
| 8 | Wilkinson said : ‘ Players like Cantona ca n't always dictate the pace of the game , they ca n't say , ‘ Hang on , this is all too quick . ’ |
| 9 | And deal with the issue actually on the Economic Development Committee budget , because er , I mean in a sense , Economic Development Committee has n't always played the game , you never know when you 're being asked to identify target reductions by an authority , they have found those target reductions , so have the Planning Committee , so have Trading Standards . |
| 10 | The anomaly is thus brought to the attention of the mother , but mums do n't always support the idea of household tasks being fairly divided . |
| 11 | Well I ca n't always find the biscuit , I always buy enough . |
| 12 | Words do n't always hit the mark , do they ? |
| 13 | The Horde have been , are and can be inspirational but do n't always hit the target here . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we ca n't always guarantee the sun , but the pool 's the next best thing to the sea . ’ |
| 15 | However a disadvantage of this technique in comparison with patch clamp is that you ca n't always guarantee the orientation of your channels , so that if you see some kind of rectifying characteristic in the bilayer er you have no way a prior of knowing whether that rectifying er characteristic is associated with an influx or an afflux from the cytoplasm . |
| 16 | Look out for a current KSA membership certificate in showrooms — a KSA logo reproduced in a manufacturer 's brochure does n't always indicate the status of the retailer — check that he 's a KSA member in his own right . |
| 17 | I do n't always get the chance . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The aim is to point the way to an activity which does n't always get the credit it deserves , ’ Frank Kelly said . |
| 19 | But mothers do n't always get the help they need when they need it or for long enough , due to shorter hospital stays and shortage of staff or volunteers . |
| 20 | People who need help after suffering a head injury do n't always get the care and understanding they need . |
| 21 | I do n't like Oxbridge men , do n't trust ‘ em , they do n't always play the game these days . |
| 22 | I think I think first of all it has to be pointed out that what the Maastricht treaty , or I would p perhaps would n't always use the word Maastricht , but what the present policies are trying to achieve is not just erm if you like , some loss of sovereignty , but some gaining of sovereignty and in subsidiarity more power for the reason in fact . |
| 23 | Well it ca n't it does n't always solve the problem . |
| 24 | Well they 're not quite , well , they were stupid , but the thing is , we ca n't always point the finger at silly people , because we 're silly people as well . |
| 25 | Another , at both A and B , was that very little genuine help was given with problems ; the question and answer sheets were not marked , for example , and tutorials did n't always provide the key to understanding what the work was about : |
| 26 | ‘ He said I do n't always recognise the difference between being friendly and being familiar . |
| 27 | I ca n't always follow the story in films and that , but sometimes I like watching the telly — specially nature programmes and that . |
| 28 | Although clients like to boast of buying the best advertising advice , they do n't always have the sense or the courage to take it . |
| 29 | Well what a lot of people say on the course is I know it 's my responsibility , but I always , I do n't always have the time to train because there 's a lot of backlog , there 's a lot of pressure , it 's and we all say to them that training is like a catch twenty two situation . |