Example sentences of "as they have always [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said how much his parents were looking forward to meeting Liza , especially as they had always wanted a daughter . |
| 2 | The only inconvenience of the original interior was that the bedrooms all led into one another ( just as they had always done in houses past : passages were only deemed essential when the segregation of servants became the norm in the eighteenth century ) ; but this was overcome by making a gallery and rearranging the staircase . |
| 3 | Now , Eleanor Thorne was eighty-nine years old , and her conversation was erratic , but Dorothea still sat with her , and for the odd fifteen or twenty minutes , and sometimes as long as an hour , they would talk , as they had always done and the present world swung temporarily into focus for the old lady , and she held on to it , like a crystal ball , firmly in her hand . |
| 4 | The people of Lewis saw no reason why they should not have their crofts and jobs as well , as they had always done since the boom days of the kelp industry . |
| 5 | Mother Francis hoped that the Community in Dublin would understand the need to make Eve feel important and part of the place as they had always done here in Knockglen . |
| 6 | It was evident in all their dealings that no matter how Marie Claire bestirred herself the maids would do things as they had always done them . |
| 7 | Florence Ames wanted them to meet , as they had always met so regularly , sharing a common isolation never expressed . |
| 8 | She was unaware of any undue familiarity between herself and her cousin ; they seemed as they had always seemed since childhood . |
| 9 | Nobody had wanted to be regularly policed as people were abroad , preferring to leave it to the magistrates to swear in special constables as they 'd always done in times of civil disturbance , or use the troops . |
| 10 | He says charity shops should be allowed to sell second hand toys as they 've always done and the legislation which took them off the shelves was wrongly framed and should be scrapped . |
| 11 | The hair , though white now , is still swept back , and , as he nears 83 , the bottom lip protrudes as crossly and the eyes bulge as they have always done . |
| 12 | Most elderly people live , as they have always done , ‘ in the community ’ . |
| 13 | It is possible for parents to go on behaving as they have always done towards their children , without making adjustments as they are needed . |
| 14 | ’ Some of the older staff have reacted by attempting to do the job much as they have always done it , which means , in effect , engaging in various minor acts of deviance from new bureaucratic demands in order to minimize the trouble caused . |
| 15 | And now I realize that people still lie , steal , and fight , just as they have always done , and probably will always do . |
| 16 | As they have always done , |
| 17 | ‘ I thought it was all straightforward , with Moslems cutting Copts ’ throats , as they have always done , and Copts cutting Moslems ' throats , as usual . |
| 18 | They , meanwhile , continue to work much as they have always worked . |