Example sentences of "she [verb] not always [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 That 's like Sarah at work , I mean she leaves at twenty past five , if she thinks that , she 'll leave at ten past five I mean she thinks you 're stupid because she do n't always go but even when she 's not going she
2 A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone .
3 True , they had behaved coldly to her afterwards but that was probably because they were envious of the success of her tea parties , to which she did not always feel obliged to invite them …
4 One of Aunt Janie 's favourite sayings was ‘ Give them their roses now ’ , not wait ‘ till they are lying on their bier ’ , although she did not always practise what she preached .
5 The British Ambassador — a tall thin Scotsman from Edinburgh was always quiet , polite and well-dressed , but she did not always believe what he said .
6 Her remarkable statement in an interview , ‘ I am the Cabinet rebel ’ suggests that , if she gave a lead , she did not always have a majority of followers .
7 When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me .
8 Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed .
9 She could read them all , Oxo , Rinso , O-Cedar , and Aero , even if she did n't always understand what they meant .
10 This means that they must on no account fail us , just as , to take a different level , the woman whose beauty we find captivating must be seen to maintain her attractions : so much so that we ‘ will ’ her to display a beauty that she does not always possess , or perhaps has never possessed .
11 Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind .
12 She does n't always have to upset the table , though , when she is there , does she ? ’ remarked Henry Tyler in a tone that at least one ambassador had been known to call ‘ eminently reasonable ’ .
13 ‘ Well , yes , but she does n't always believe me . ’
14 ‘ She says that when she asks the gardener for produce she feels she does n't always get the best . ’
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