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

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1 ‘ In prison , you 're always in chains .
2 They 're always in fights ; you can hardly lift a paper up before you see their name : illicit dog fights , fisticuff battles , stealing , and pitch and toss .
3 Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have been discussing the possibility of a merger between the two companies according to the San Jose Mercury News Apple declined to comment on the report , and Novell denied it , saying that ‘ We 're always in industry discussions with them , but we 're not having discussions with them about merging , ’ but the paper says that the talks between Apple chairman John Sculley and Novell chairman Ray Noorda were a closely-guarded secret and known only by an elite group of senior executives at the two firms .
4 They join the Army to get guns , and they 're always in trouble for possessing one illegally or swiping a few rounds of ammunition .
5 The entries are always in pencil so that they can be easily erased should there be any cancellations or changes in the booking .
6 But the dark powers are always in battle with them , striving to overcome .
7 Rather subversion and containment are always in play , each an intrinsic dimension of social process and in a dynamic interrelationship which their binary conception misconstrues .
8 ‘ Your good intentions do you credit , Victor — and yet you are always in flight ! ’
9 LeCoz noted that ‘ museums everywhere , even one as well known as the Orsay , are always in need of financing for their projects . ’
10 This need not be an onerous task — but local groups are always in need of volunteers , whether to raise funds , clear ditches , plant trees , give lectures , act as treasurer or serve on the committee , deliver newsletters , type — or simply make the tea !
11 We are always in touch with the private homes .
12 Consequently , the Rationalist is a dangerous and expensive character to have in control of affairs , and he does most damage , not when he fails to master the situation ( his politics , of course , are always in terms of mastering situations and surmounting crises ) , but when he appears to be successful ; for the price we pay for each of his apparent successes is a firmer hold of the intellectual fashion of Rationalism upon the whole life of society .
13 Equations are always in balance .
14 If you do take a wheelchair out with you , never forget the support cushion for the seat , and make sure the footplates are always in place .
15 Book early , the best photographers are always in demand .
16 Estate cars capable of carrying seven or even eight people are always in demand second-hand — especially Volvos .
17 Changed issues do not necessarily throw organizations into an anxious state of transition ; if they are any good , they are always in transition .
18 Many members of the oligarchy , particularly the military , have powerful financial interests in gambling and prostitution , but on the other hand , prostitutes are always in danger of finding themselves outside the margin of the law .
19 Remember that you are always in control , and if there is anything which makes you at all anxious , all you have to do is open your eyes and it is all over .
20 The listeners are always in control because their counterparts will run out of things to say given time .
21 The tentacles of the Corallimorphia are always in multiples of six , putting them into the taxonomic subclass Hexacorallia which also contains sea anemones , hard corals and zoanthids .
22 ‘ I 'm always in search of a bargain , sonny — for the people , you understand , ’ he added after yet another of those pauses that suggested it might have been an after-thought .
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