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

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1 ‘ You always tend to business first ? ’
2 Visitors were expected to pay in advance but credit was always given to favourites like Modigliani and Leon Trotsky the Russian revolutionary .
3 to me , electric , the plus always goes to plus and the minus to minus , you ca n't mix them up .
4 ‘ He always goes to sleep when he 's enjoying something .
5 He always goes to work , pays his mortgage and supports his family and his habit .
6 Are you someone who always goes to bed at 11pm ?
7 From being someone who simply happened to fail his first driving test , he becomes a person who ‘ always goes to pieces when sitting beside the examiner ’ .
8 Why mankind always goes to war .
9 Well there was a bit there where they always used to camp .
10 The intuitive , Welsh side of Owen always responded to Mahmoud 's Arab inspirationalism ; the pragmatic English side damped it down .
11 You 'll end up with about a dozen letters on mantel again cos I always forget to post things .
12 Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that .
13 ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ?
14 He always referred to Saeed as his son , never ours .
15 The world has always looked to Britain for stability , inventiveness and general mental agility , yet our National Prestige is low , our currency is less than one third of its immediate post-war value against the dollar and can not be explained entirely as a result of market speculation .
16 Norway has always looked to Sweden for breeding influence .
17 Many said that Morrissey had always objected to Rourke 's drug problem and a breakdown of communications of the Irish tour resulted in Marr finally deserting his old school friend to side with old Mozzer .
18 ‘ There were three of us in here , ’ said Porter slowly , his gaze flicking from one visitor to the other , but always returning to Anne Hopper .
19 It should come as no surprise , therefore , to find that most insider participant observation of policing is almost always confined to discussion on management techniques and to the implementation of new systems .
20 Always committed to God , the sacrament and prayer , he became agnostic about much else .
21 He had this quirky sense of humour that always seemed to surface whenever Lisa least expected it .
22 He was a tall , burly man , in whose company , it always seemed to Rose , Steve looked like a prisoner .
23 I just had to keep telling myself it would all be worthwhile for both of us : one day she would be flying free , which is not something that always happens to birds of prey bred in captivity .
24 Front Benchers and Back Benchers have been going through the hoops , trying to devise a system that is fair and is always related to ability to pay .
25 If they have overprotective parents , always worried and fearful , they may not develop the confidence they need , and become shy and timid , unable to take responsibility and always looking to others to take the lead .
26 Always speak to women , not men . ’
27 I go , I had the lovely calligraphy pen and I put to Mr and Mrs , cos I always speak to Kevin , I know him
28 He quotes examples , such as Ley Rock , near Tintagel , and Bonsall Leys , high up on the Derbyshire moors , to demonstrate that the word did not always refer to pasture .
29 Of course , you can always refer to books but this is rarely convenient if you have a piece of work to do for a deadline .
30 Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make .
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