Example sentences of "always [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the laws of war derive to a large extent from standards which have developed within states , and because they have always depended for their enforcement largely on national legal systems , court decisions have been a very important source of the laws of war . |
| 2 | Dyarchy had always depended for its successful working on the exercise of tactful influence by the British governor and his officials , who had their reputations invested in preventing the resignations of their Indian colleagues ; but Irwin 's formulation took the controlling role allotted to influence much further . |
| 3 | I 'm always apologising for her . |
| 4 | Yeah it always goes for me , do n't it ? |
| 5 | They explain that they have always fended for themselves because of being at work , but when it comes to going home the difficulties begin . |
| 6 | Then , out of his overcoat pocket he produced a safety razor-blade , with which he sharpened the pencil he always used for his often indecipherable , cramped little scribbles — a sign , a psychiatrist later told me , of someone wanting to attract as little attention as possible , as in the case of Robert Walser . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're always dying for something , girl . |
| 8 | ‘ Because it always has for me , ’ she said . |
| 9 | What Chris Bonington has achieved in terms of single-minded organisation and drive , or what Reinhold Messner has demonstrated by his speed and panache , have been matched by Doug Scott 's determination always to try for something different and never to be satisfied by the more obvious and easier routes to success . |
| 10 | Cos they always cook for us anyway |
| 11 | Whereas a woman who dies before her husband is considered to have made a good death and her body is decked in a married woman 's finery , one who survives her husband is somehow always blamed for his death and must never put on finery again as a penance . |
| 12 | When a smoker dies of lung cancer , the poor victim is almost always blamed for his or her own death . |
| 13 | She knew that decorators , always searching for something new , would quickly make use of them , and hoped the more adventurous of her customers would too . |
| 14 | I know that I 'm being unfair to you and to Virginia , but what I feel for you — what I have always felt for you — has made a weakling of me . " |
| 15 | But he was always looking for something extra off the ice too , through dare-devil exploits like deep sea diving and motor racing . |
| 16 | We 're always looking for something missing in life . |
| 17 | I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody . |
| 18 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 19 | Cos I always wait for him if I have a meal that 's why . |
| 20 | lie is straight , honest and fair , always pushing for his people . |
| 21 | ( c ) The facts in History do not always speak for themselves . |
| 22 | In natural selection , genes are always selected for their capacity to flourish in the environment in which they find themselves . |
| 23 | In the airs they compose the French always look for what is sweet , easy and flowing , and for what follows on readily ; everything is in the same key , or if they change it sometimes , they do it with preparations and softenings which render the air as natural and as continuous as if there were no change at all … |
| 24 | We can count ourselves fortunate in having Ingleborough in our midst , always there , always waiting for us , always welcoming . |
| 25 | Our ponies with Habta Wold , the syce who accompanied us , were always waiting for us as we finished breakfast . |
| 26 | Certainly the worst way to come to terms happily with being alone is to struggle constantly against it , always waiting for someone else to come along and take away our loneliness . |
| 27 | Another familiar failing of which you should be aware is the subconscious tendency of some interviewers to always look for someone who is like them and therefore to judge people on how far they match up . |
| 28 | She always paid for their meals during rehearsals and they would troop off to the Express Dairy cafeteria opposite . |
| 29 | Nobody makes me pay for it , I always pay for my drinks . |
| 30 | ‘ Natasha started dancing at three and she 's always longed for her lessons . |