Example sentences of "as [pers pn] always [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 As I always like to work in colour even when sketching , the usual options came up , watercolours , watercolour pencils and soft pastels .
2 Pei 's generosity with space , the fact that one never feels oppressed by ceilings ( as I always do at Lasdun 's National Theatre ) , reveals him as a distinctive architectural sculptor .
3 I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible .
4 ‘ No , I shall do as I always do . ’
5 ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’
6 I passed her the tissues as I always do .
7 system until we introduce the council tax , but of course I will listen with care to any representations that are made , as I always do .
8 I hope you find a stay in Milan as rewarding as I always have .
9 ‘ I 'll do my best , Dick , as I always have done , ’ replied Rochester , shutting the door of the carriage , which rolled away .
10 I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs !
11 AS I ALWAYS LOOK TO WORK IN COLOUR EVEN WHEN SKETCHING , THE USUAL OPTIONS CAME UP , WATERCOLOURS , WATERCOLOUR PENCILS AND SOFT PENCILS .
12 I 'm wearing a denim waistcoat , cheesecloth shirt and baggy denim jeans , and I 'm smiling fit to burst , as I always seem to be in photographs .
13 All the effects work well , although I think ( as I always seem to these days ) that the distortion sounds , while varied , could be less processed .
14 But I wriggled my way in … as I always seem to . ’
15 Of course you can deviate occasionally , as long as you always come back to the diet as a routine .
16 And I I , I hope that I , I hope there 's a good variety of people will again , as you always have done will turn up er , this year to share fellowship a , on this theme which er , is is a refresh theme I think for , for many of us .
17 So if I do become slack , and I shall try not to , you will , I know , forgive as you always do .
18 Milpitas , California-based Adaptec Inc says it has no immediate response to reports that competitor Distributed Processing Technology Inc , Maitland , Florida has slashed prices on its AT amd EISA disk controller boards : fear of a price war put Adaptec 's share price under pressure last week ; the company told Reuter ‘ Competitive pressure has always been there and we 'll respond as we always have ’ to it ; Adaptec 's manufacturing organisation could cut costs and pass the benefits onto its customers ; Distributed Processing is discounting its AT adaptors to $285 from $655 .
19 No we must er abide by the rule of law , as we always have done , as our trad as our traditions demand and as most of the people in this room I 'm sure in their hearts would wish to .
20 We are still as committed to the leukaemia unit as we always have been . ’
21 I do n't think there was one , even though there is the magnificent Royal Academy which does temporary exhibitions as we always do here , but there is a different approach here in that the management is always present .
22 " If it does we 'll just move on , as we always do . "
23 As I da da , as Dave says as an overall percentage or to do it as we always do as a , as a termly figure .
24 And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations .
25 ‘ Anyone can say they have no quarrel with people so long as they always get their own way . ’
26 The argument would run that the appointing authority would have seen the clause ( as they always ask to do ) before making the appointment , would have taken a fee for making the appointment , that the arrangement was therefore a contract incorporating the clause about suitability , and that an aggrieved party could sue for breach of that term of the contract .
27 anybody they are in the area you know as they always say and ah sorry we need a back door so they say they offer one per door one
28 It is very dangerous to show a portrait to a sitter before it is finished , as they always want to change something .
29 Black steam-pipes criss-cross the 1,000 acres as they always have done , hissing here and there through open valves .
30 Schools ( perhaps excluding the new Technology Colleges ) should be judged according to academic criteria ; and these could be supplied , as they always have been , by the size of the sixth form and the number of entries to universities — that is , by A level results .
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