Example sentences of "always [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always referred to as ‘ the product ’ , this item is of minimal importance — unless accompanied by easily retailable novelties ( T-shirts , key rings , inflatables ) or recorded on a ‘ talking book ’ tape with Paul Eddington and that nice Felicity Kendal doing the voices . |
| 2 | I am always referred to as Lysaght 's ‘ second-in-command ’ . ' |
| 3 | Hence the moulding of that most deplorable product the ‘ humble boy ’ and the strengthening of what I had always referred to as ‘ the civil service mentality ’ until I encountered Michael Manley 's much more telling phrase the ‘ psychology of dependence ’ . |
| 4 | A non-pedigree dog is always referred to as a mongrel and , strictly speaking , this is the correct term for a non-pedigree cat , but few people use it in this way . |
| 5 | Coming from someone who 'd obviously never been in the right frame of mind magnetically to attach anything but his salary to himself — money Anwar always referred to as ‘ unearned income ’ — this seemed a bit rich . |
| 6 | The Metropolitan Electric Tramways already allocated class letters to their cars ( always referred to as ‘ Type ’ letters ) ; the other two companies were brought into line as follows : — |
| 7 | There , as we have seen , psychotic reactions are always referred to as diseases — which they are , to the extent that they involve serious disruption of the nervous system 's behaviour . |
| 8 | We have a narrator who presents us with a plan of his house , obsessively describes the objects therein and the way his wife , always referred to as A … , moves about the rooms and onto the veranda . |
| 9 | It was what would be shown on the screens of the new theatres that would ultimately determine what was always referred to as ‘ the tone ’ of the movies as a social custom . |
| 10 | For some reason he was always referred to as " The Threarah " — perhaps because there happened to be only one threar , or rowan , near the warren , from which he took his name . |
| 11 | His warm , dark-brown eyes twinkled in a square , handsome face , and he had what his father had always referred to as an honest demeanour . |
| 12 | Finally , some writers alternate " he " and " she " ( for example , in Open University coursebooks , alternative paragraphs have " he " or " she " ; and in Sperber and Wilson 's linguistic work , Relevance Theory , the speaker is always referred to as " she " — " s " for " speaker " — and the hearer as " he " — " h " for " hearer " ) . |
| 13 | Mrs Rouncewell has two sons , the elder of whom , always referred to by CD as Mr Rouncewell , is a successful ironmaster in the North Country ; he has three daughters and a son , Watt , who falls in love with Lady Dedlock 's maid Rosa , and eventually marries her . |
| 14 | Always referred to by the locals as ‘ the Spanish ’ , they had their own school ( where the Hotel Monte Carlo is now situated ) and the New Year 's Eve parties here were particularly popular . |
| 15 | The depôt in Aurelia Road , West Croydon , always referred to by the Company as ‘ Mitcham Road Depôt ’ was built round the cars dumped on the site , by W. Taylor & Co . |
| 16 | Philip 's father had served in the Irish Guards in the First World War , and was always referred to by his rank . |
| 17 | ‘ Girl , never doubt but he 'll come back to you whole and hungry , as he always used to from the butts or the wrestling when you were fretting over his lateness . ’ |
| 18 | The Court was concerned to learn from counsel that these matters were not always adhered to in some courts . |
| 19 | Before the Second World War it was still decreed by the Women 's Cricket Association that women cricketers should wear white stockings — a rule which it has to be said was not always adhered to by the players . |
| 20 | Miss Ellis ' eyebrows launched into the twitchy dance they always seemed to at the mention of the words , ‘ my mother . ’ |
| 21 | They 'd been married in a church she 'd always gone to as a child and afterwards there was a reception in the Mansfield Hotel , near by and convenient , and then she and Gordon had gone to Cumberland . |
| 22 | PageMaker defaults to providing ‘ Automatic ’ leading and that 's what many users always stick to on the assumption that PageMaker knows best . |
| 23 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 25 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 26 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |