Example sentences of "not always [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But not always looking for the artist , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Affinity of conduct and values among this majority did not always make for unity . |
| 3 | ‘ I ai n't yer old sweet'eart , ’ said Mrs Beavis , whose naturally sunny beam did not always shine for everyone , ‘ and I 'appen to be keepin' me hands to meself . ’ |
| 4 | ( c ) The facts in History do not always speak for themselves . |
| 5 | He was not always praised for deserting the naturalistic mode : old Mr Rent-a-Plot himself , John Mortimer , chastised him for doing precisely that in The Old Men at the Zoo . |
| 6 | Nonconformity 's dependence on laissez faire and , in the case of Methodism , on competition among five separate bodies , had not always worked for the best and there had been a lot of wasted effort . |
| 7 | Since the beginning of the twentieth century , Chiswick was one of the homes of Sir Oswald Stoll 's ‘ Empire ’ theatres — another was at Shepherds Bush Green , which still remains as the B.B.C. 's television theatre — and although the Chiswick Empire was not always used for ‘ live ’ entertainment ( it became a cinema during the 1930s ) , it was one of the principle variety theatres in the Country and saw performances by all the principle artists from George Robey to Morecambe & Wise ; Petula Clark and Cliff Richards . |
| 8 | I am always at risk in the things I do for the Motherland , but idiots create the kind of additional risks one can not always allow for . ’ |
| 9 | If the training set also includes cats , dogs and cows , then we could not always ask for these values . |
| 10 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 11 | ‘ We ca n't always apologize for the past . |