Example sentences of "always [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benin was there , though , always preferring to be in the car first . |
| 2 | They are always pretending to be grown-ups playing soldiers , playing shop . |
| 3 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |
| 4 | You know come down and touch , they were always wanting to be with your horses . |
| 5 | He was always silent ; always waiting to be asked , and never asking . |
| 6 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 7 | The ability to move around in the competition area is essential if you are always going to be poised and ready either to attack or to respond . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course it was always going to be difficult , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Establishing an overt research role was therefore always going to be a task of sisyphean labour , but the sensitivity of the topic and location made it more difficult than is usual in ethnographic research . |
| 10 | I think there is always going to be this element in business . |
| 11 | But it is not always going to be the most economic route . |
| 12 | In the Berlin orchestra we always looked for greater knowledge and better players but maintaining standards is always going to be difficult . |
| 13 | ‘ London was always going to be the most difficult test . |
| 14 | Kenyon is pugnacious about the challenges : ‘ I think the Radio 3 audience is always going to be a minority and I do n't see anything wrong in that . |
| 15 | Indifferent service was noticeable : it was always going to be hard to persuade the Euro ‘ cast members ’ ( as staff are called ) to adopt the ‘ Have-a-Nice-Day ’ grin . |
| 16 | It is always going to be difficult with a lot of conflicting pressures . ’ |
| 17 | An absolute guarantee of choice of school was always going to be impossible . |
| 18 | Parental choice was , therefore , always going to be ‘ a very limited concept ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The next date , of course , was always going to be trouble . |
| 20 | There was always going to be heavy legal problems surrounding the continued use of the name The Smiths anyway , and the problems in furthering the band became unassailable . |
| 21 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 22 | The possibility of accidental or deliberate pollution of our rivers is always going to be present therefore , and unless some sophisticated measuring device is installed in all our rivers which can quickly detect pollution and hence lead to urgent action , this argument about allowing fishermen to continue to carry out their sport is quite a strong one from an environmental point of view . |
| 23 | Getting the balance right is always going to be difficult , but it should not be impossible . |
| 24 | It was always going to be a tricky tie for 'Mill against two opponents , with the very unpredictable Chiddingfold pitch to contend with , plus a strong cross-wind . |
| 25 | It was always going to be a difficult fixture for lowly Millmead Reserves against high-fliers Shottermill Reserves , and the visitors ' hopes were totally dashed at the start when they could only field nine men . |
| 26 | It was therefore always going to be a question of how many goals 'Mill were going to score . |
| 27 | Even if 95 per cent of it 's rubbish — and it 's usually been like that — the other five per cent is always going to be enough . |
| 28 | They are always going to be disappointed . |
| 29 | I must be absolutely honest though and say that it 's not always going to be easy to try to live for Jesus at school . |
| 30 | If only because of Scotland , this was always going to be an election not only about who governs Britain , but how Britain is to be governed . |