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

No	Sentence
1	Tomorrow or the day after I will send you the merchandise [ that was the way Modi always referred to his paintings ] .
2	‘ I always trust to my instincts , ’ he began , his voice still soft .
3	He always goes to his married daughter on Sunday evening .
4	If the conveyancer for the lessor refuses to delete it , or if you act for a purchase of an existing lease that includes such a provision , you should always explain to your client the nature of the provision , its unusual nature and its disadvantages ( putting off a subsequent prospective buyer or mortgagee , delay and expense in taking up references and obtaining the licence ) .
5	The tin bath was half-filled with hot water into which had been poured the same perfumed green oil that Smallfry always added to her bath .
6	The training officer of one licensed dealer always recommended to his trainees the cheeky approach : " Call your clients by their Christian names .
7	Little Billy always lies to his mother , but they are never convincing .
8	‘ Diana has always said to her friends throughout her royal career , ‘ I will never become Queen ’ . ’
9	Always listen to your body and its built-in warning system — pain !
10	To give yourself flexibility therefore , you should always refer to your Storage Directories by logical names .
11	Do you always speak to your betters in such a fashion ?
12	The instantly and universally recognisable white face of the famous Hereford is its trademark , which it always passes to its offspring .
13	Yet she always came to his rescue when he was in difficulties . ’
14	You find that you do not always keep to your goals .
15	Little Billy always lied to his mother , but they were never convincing .
16	By keeping it more or less behind them and to their left they could be sure of travelling north-west which was the direction they believed right but the inequalities of the ground often forced them out of their way and although they always returned to their line they had to guess what corrections to make to allow for obstacles .
17	For many years he was a Methodist Local Preacher , and always walked to his appointments anywhere in the Circuit , so that he did not cause anyone else to work on a Sunday .
18	Tinbergen first confirmed , by individually marking all the nests and wasps in a particular area , that each wasp does indeed always return to her own burrow .
19	People always talk to my reputation .
20	That 's what she 's always saying to your mum , ai n't she ?
21	She bit her lip , watching his face for that familiar , fleeting shadow of pain , which mention of Ryan always brought to his features — and waiting , feeling suddenly tense , for the bitter attack on her that invariably followed it .
22	Lifelong bogeys became jokes ; the long tunnel of what had always seemed to her exaggerated behaviour and elaborate unorthodoxy had a light at the end of it , the light of a life with Peter .
23	They say they 're going to stop , they make all kinds of worthless promises , and always revert to their habit .
24	It has always belonged to my people .
25	Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work .
26	But at night when they get sleepy they always go to their mother and sleep in her embrace .
27	He knew he could always go to his mother for help , but pride stopped him .
28	you always stay to your left , only use the right lane to overtake or turn to right
29	I tried to explain to people the real meaning of Dominion status with its opportunity of self-government within a wider membership which would always come to its support .
30	The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call .