Example sentences of "she [verb] not always [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind . |