Example sentences of "could always [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er I could always tell granny and granddad . |
| 2 | Gabriel could always find time for a little flirtation . |
| 3 | He could always find fault with something , either in my writing or in my personality — something not difficult to achieve because I have always laid myself open to easy attack . |
| 4 | You could always try advertising for a regular babysitter — at health clinics , shop windows , in the paper , and so on . |
| 5 | Moreover they could always use family labour or import casual labour to carry out any essential work . |
| 6 | But er we , we could always ask granddad if we wanted to know anything . |
| 7 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 8 | But he could always get work in good old BBC radio : that was his stamping ground . |
| 9 | But if they needed it , they knew they could always get work with him . |
| 10 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |