Example sentences of "i always [vb base] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I always like a beach to myself .
2 However the message soon got home to me so that today , nearly seventy years on , I always make a point of being early .
3 And I always make a point of doing as I please .
4 I always take a bottle of water in the car for the children . ’
5 I always take a bottle of claret and a meat pie to help me through the service and , when it 's finished , I gaze around to catch the eye of some pretty maid .
6 There is no right or wrong way and personally I always take a briefcase with me because there you have the tools of my trade in there .
7 I always take a turn in the restaurant to see there are no complaints .
8 ‘ Well , I always take a nap of an afternoon and when you rap the knocker it startles me , which is bad for my nerves . ’
9 I always take a lot of care plumbing the depth , and even though I know this peg well , I will plumb it again .
10 ‘ Before I start a book , I always draw a map of the setting , and I put in people 's houses .
11 I always keep a bottle in my desk drawer , but this character was putting it away on an industrial scale .
12 Right then you know where you are I always I always have a pie with me just in case I get hungry .
13 So I , I , you know I always have a salad for me dinner and I have a salad when I night
14 I always have a pile of small , brightly coloured bricks on my desk , because they teach me so much about the children who sit in front of them .
15 Made me laugh last night , he said erm I , I , I always do a load of spuds he said even if it 's
16 I always leave a minimum of one and a half hours so that if I have a blow-out or breakdown or some other unforeseen emergency , I still have time to take care of it and catch the plane .
17 I always interview a subject on his — or her — own .
18 As a matter of principle I always approach a piece from the purely musical side .
19 And I always buy a bag of potatoes , you know a big
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