Example sentences of "[am/are] always [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 're always buying things and then wanting
2 They 're always buying things for the home .
3 ‘ These young girls , they 're always seeing things .
4 You 're always getting sand in your eye are n't you ?
5 In my state , you 're always hoping things are random .
6 So , this one is sort of comparable to income , cos we 're always comparing income and expenditure .
7 oh alright , he 's put them down somewhere and he ca n't find them , and he thought perhaps you might of picked them up , cos you 're always picking things up you should n't are n't you ?
8 With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together .
9 But you 're always having sweets .
10 They 're always cutting Fortinbras .
11 " You 're always going red .
12 one will be with me one will come with me cos they 're always doing things wrong and then shout at them !
13 There are always police spies around the Church .
14 Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen .
15 First-born Fox sons are always named Jonathan , but my mother , who was quite a gifted pianist , insisted on her own choice for Elise and me . ’
16 Peter Tickner , the college 's director of publicity and marketing , said : ‘ We are always seeking ways of getting students involved in the real world they hope to join when they leave college ’ .
17 Those of us in public life are aware that , whenever complaints of poor service come before us , there are always Labout Members who will blame either the absence of public funds , although they never make any reference to where the money has to come from , or the Government .
18 My hon. Friend is also right that business wants regulations kept in bounds , with decent regulations so that markets are fair and open , but it does not want the masses of red tape that the Opposition are always recommending day after day in the House .
19 People are always suggesting artists they like to me .
20 I just mean people are always getting hold of the wrong end of the stick . ’
21 They say they are always hooking rainbow trout which escaped from a fish farm , instead of the wild brown trout which are much harder to catch .
22 We do know , naturally , that babies are always causing worry and concern .
23 Police are always stopping cars . ’
24 The Government are always making predictions , and in that sense the Chancellor may be described as the Mother Shipton — perhaps I should call him the Brother Shipton — of economics .
25 No matter whether or not you have an assignment which specifically calls for image work , you are always doing image work on behalf of your client .
26 The monks are always to offer prayers to almighty God , and daily to beseech God by singing psalms and celebrating masses for his sins , so that after his death through God 's mercy and their holy intercession he will come to the heavenly kingdom .
27 ‘ He and I are always spending time together but we are not romantically inclined , ’ she said .
28 People are always asking questions . ’
29 He said ‘ Little children are always asking questions that begin ‘ Why ? ’
30 People are always asking Rosa to go places and talk to schools and she has always tried to say yes .
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