Example sentences of "as [pron] always [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let Antoinette have it , just as everyone always planned . ’ |
| 2 | Suitable scenes of red-faced hilarity would occur back at the office as someone always tipped off the entire staff to be ready at the front door . |
| 3 | And God was very good to me there , I was n't the brightest in the year and I had to work very hard , but God always was with me as I always passed my exams much to my surprise . |
| 4 | As I always like to work in colour even when sketching , the usual options came up , watercolours , watercolour pencils and soft pastels . |
| 5 | First the making of the glass , as I always planned , he wrote . |
| 6 | Thee and thou were s a term implied intimacy and affection and closeness the thee and thou as far as I always understood it . |
| 7 | ‘ But if I am to achieve such merit as wins fame , then my life has not been so unworthy an exchange for hers as I always feared ! ’ |
| 8 | I 'd certainly like to have played one-day cricket , as I always got on with it . |
| 9 | Pei 's generosity with space , the fact that one never feels oppressed by ceilings ( as I always do at Lasdun 's National Theatre ) , reveals him as a distinctive architectural sculptor . |
| 10 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I shall do as I always do . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |
| 13 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 14 | system until we introduce the council tax , but of course I will listen with care to any representations that are made , as I always do . |
| 15 | I hope you find a stay in Milan as rewarding as I always have . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll do my best , Dick , as I always have done , ’ replied Rochester , shutting the door of the carriage , which rolled away . |
| 17 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
| 18 | AS I ALWAYS LOOK TO WORK IN COLOUR EVEN WHEN SKETCHING , THE USUAL OPTIONS CAME UP , WATERCOLOURS , WATERCOLOUR PENCILS AND SOFT PENCILS . |
| 19 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 20 | I stared into the mirror , expecting to see huge marks like red flowers blazing on my mouth where I had been kissed , but I looked just the same as I always did . |
| 21 | I did n't it has to be said win the pools last year as I always put Leeds for a win and Scum for a loss . |
| 22 | I 'm wearing a denim waistcoat , cheesecloth shirt and baggy denim jeans , and I 'm smiling fit to burst , as I always seem to be in photographs . |
| 23 | All the effects work well , although I think ( as I always seem to these days ) that the distortion sounds , while varied , could be less processed . |
| 24 | But I wriggled my way in … as I always seem to . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You look much the same as you always looked . ’ |
| 26 | Of course you can deviate occasionally , as long as you always come back to the diet as a routine . |
| 27 | And I I , I hope that I , I hope there 's a good variety of people will again , as you always have done will turn up er , this year to share fellowship a , on this theme which er , is is a refresh theme I think for , for many of us . |
| 28 | So if I do become slack , and I shall try not to , you will , I know , forgive as you always do . |
| 29 | When his mother had told him , as she always told any man interested in Edith , about the bastard child , he had just smiled . |
| 30 | She just looked thick , same as she always does . ’ |