Example sentences of "always [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 2 | The officials of the chapel were the arch-chaplain or arch-chancellor , its honorific head , who was always an archbishop , and from the late tenth century always archbishop of Mainz , and the chancellor , who nearly always became a bishop and commonly an archbishop . |
| 3 | Elasticity is important : I do not always prefer a line which stretches the least . |
| 4 | However , all the attention can over-stimulate the skin and more spots of blemishes may erupt for a few days afterwards , so always book a back treatment about a week before a special night out . |
| 5 | In London historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses , sometimes but not always accepting a fee ; commissions for articles are independent decisions by editors . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Dingle always 'ad a clay pipe stuck in 'er gob . |
| 7 | Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson were to resume their rivalry ; Chidi Imo was running off his frustration at missing the Commonwealth Games ; Calvin Smith , the world-record holder , could always spring a surprise . |
| 8 | To achieve this aim , the CAP always guarantees a price for certain types of produce , so that , even if the produce sells at a poor price or is not sold at all , the farmer receives the going rate . |
| 9 | We can always make a bed , you know , for a couple of days . |
| 10 | If things get too complicated , he told himself , not for the first time in the last few months , I can always make a run for it . |
| 11 | ‘ We could always make a start , ’ Southgate quipped . |
| 12 | ‘ Why the hell must you always make a fuss ? |
| 13 | You could always make a splash at your local pool . |
| 14 | ‘ To an extent , but the song always aroused a lot of interest and it seemed to capture people 's imaginations . |
| 15 | Against this background , Nicola Diamond introduces the ideas of Jacques Lacan , one theorist who believes the project to discover the real face will always remain a fantasy . |
| 16 | As for the basic question of loyalty to which my hon. Friend referred , that consideration should be fundamental to the acceptance of a civil service job , and I hope that it will always remain a priority for every civil servant , regardless of which party is in power . |
| 17 | Quite what the Faulkner/SDLP executive might have achieved will always remain a matter of speculation . |
| 18 | I have recently addressed the disciplinary committee on these issues and I am confident it is aware of their importance , although what decisions are taken in an individual case must always remain a matter exclusively for those who hear the case . |
| 19 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's nice , ’ adds the quick-draw , slow drawl superstar in his first British interview in ages , ‘ if a woman does n't always want a hand with something . |
| 21 | Prevent damage by always using a sunblock . |
| 22 | Always trust a financier because he is investing the stuff that counts . |
| 23 | Yes , I think we may be using the , because the opposing team always bring a lot of people and we never have any supporters , somehow , so erm , er we 're very pleased if people who sort of spread that about a bit . |
| 24 | One major block to progress that is created in mathematics is the constant use of a single notation to represent a concept : for example , always labelling a triangle ABC , always using only Cartesian coordinates ( x , y ) in representing points . |
| 25 | Always pick a flower on the very day that it comes into full bloom , because the process of ageing takes place very rapidly in flowers , and pressing does not rejuvenate them , but only halts the ageing process at the moment of pressing . |
| 26 | The specialist and the generic teams made substantially more recommendations of ‘ no further action ’ following assessment than the individual specialist , who always recommended a service . |
| 27 | Some of these shifts in time perception are due to changes in metabolic rate produced by fever and drugs , but the mind always plays a part . |
| 28 | ‘ No , straight up , he always rode a pushbike . |
| 29 | Cabinet business always involves a mixture of political and specialist ( or administrative ) considerations . |
| 30 | While redundancy rights can sometimes arise in the context of men being laid off from work or put on short time , in the case of a business executive , redundancy almost always involves a dismissal . |