Example sentences of "always [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I always asked people in the streets or markets if they minded my drawing from a certain position .
2 On the other hand all modern anthropologists and archaeologists would agree with the view that for a very long period of history mankind has existed solely by hunting , fishing , and gathering , and that such a technological stage always precedes domestication of plants and animals .
3 The word ‘ theory ’ has always aroused suspicion amongst the English , who see themselves as practical people and sound empiricists .
4 ‘ Well — but my nose is red , ’ she said ruefully , ready as always to poke fun at herself .
5 So that 's that 's what that 's er in fact I always qualify people on that answer even though it 's it 's right down the bottom here I say what do you what 's your interpretation .
6 They kept details of programs in their heads , and always explained procedures in highly technical jargon .
7 Wild animals have always formed part of the diet , depending on the existence of any natural habitat in the locality of the settlement .
8 Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) .
9 Well , we 've always given money for Eretz and now we 're giving men and women , including our beloved Rabbi .
10 But in the same way that real poverty has always given birth to real revolution , this feigned poverty of the adventurous would breed a false-bottomed , jerry-built revolution in which the adventurers would continue their make-believe and be followed by the rock-concert lumpen , tired of their own voyeurism . ’
11 But Dad had always given responsibility to Charles , shared his worries and fears with Charles … well , that was fine , as long as she was allowed her fair say as well .
12 ( 4 ) Cinema has always given primacy of place to images .
13 ‘ The people of the Cévennes have always given refuge to the oppressed . ’
14 We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not .
15 She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her .
16 Le Page and Tabouret-Keller write : As the individual speaks he [ sic ] is seen as always using language with reference to the inner models of the universe he has constructed for himself ; he projects in words images of that universe ( or , of those universes ) on to the social screen , and these images may be more or less sharply focussed , or more or less diffuse , in relation to each other or in relation to those projected by others in their interaction with him …
17 The massive , tumultuous and frequently violent changes in human society that characterize this century have , without question , formed the substance of major political theories , which at the same time — because such theories always combine analysis with some ideology or ‘ vision ’ of the social world — have directly influenced the shape and direction that these changes have taken .
18 ‘ We 've always treated Fiona like any other child , proving we were right to believe in her , ’ says Rosemarie .
19 He argues that although there is no such thing as production ‘ in general ’ since , in Marx 's words , ‘ When we talk of production we always mean production of individuals living in society , ’ nevertheless all forms of production have some things in common .
20 Lawyers , basically , are trained for and used to an adversary system — where they act either for the prosecution or plaintiff , or for the defence — and seem always to see things in terms of guilt or innocence .
21 Fairs and fights seem always to go hand in hand .
22 James and his immediate circle had always regarded Scotland as a sideshow and while Mar , Mackintosh and Forster were engaging in their bloodless manoeuvring in the north , he had despatched the Duke of Ormonde [ or Ormond ] to make another attempt in the south-west .
23 No , ’ he went on weightily , ‘ not even in the interests of a firm which has always regarded continuity in its staff as of paramount importance to its operation . ’
24 They always , they always lag as you know , our , our , we always underspend capital in the first half against what our division think they 're gon na do and they always think they 're gon na catch it up in the second half , they never do but erm , it wo n't be , you know , it wo n't be materially different .
25 Trust always involves risk by others , even though in all schools children are occasionally injured in accidents and some children bullied , parents , on the whole , have absolute trust that teachers will see that no harm will come to their child .
26 We did not always eat turkey for Christmas dinner .
27 I can always eat dim-sum with my dybbuk . ’
28 So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ?
29 Every month , we got this cost of living , course it did n't er it did n't er fluctuate like it did in more recent years , but it was a safeguard and we always got increases on top of that like piece work increase and and er it it was a it was a good union , it you know .
30 A. T. You always got respect from the people on the ground .
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