adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
could always
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You could always try phoning her at the office.
it’s just what I’ve always wanted (= used to thank someone for a present that you really like )
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Thanks for the bread machine – it's just what I've always wanted.
nearly always
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I nearly always go home for lunch.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
assume
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I have always assumed that Brightside had it right and Dagenham was merely contributing a series of Gouldisms to the discussion.
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She has always assumed her regular place on the couch, the special place where the starters sit.
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She had always assumed that something would happen, sometime, to sweep away her marital comfort.
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I had always assumed teachers' salaries were generous, but Kierra corrects my impression.
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Cambridge, which always assumes that anyone who leaves it passes into outer darkness, found the decision incomprehensible.
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We have always assumed that animal protein was the necessary kind for human health.
do
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They did what they always did, and he let them.
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It always did , but in the end he would be relieved.
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She sat waiting for him, as she always did , hiding in the darkness afforded by the bus shelter.
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Yet we do what we always do when confronted with a challenge: Lunge for a quick, easy and cosmetic solution.
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He always did us the courtesy of a reply, mind.
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When I came into the dining room, everyone looked up and smiled as they always did , and I beamed back.
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Her tear ducts were responding as they always did when her emotions bubbled up.
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We always do our work with much more energy for several days after a massage or yoga session.
feel
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She'd always felt drawn to him.
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In the subtle dynamic of power I always felt that Clarisa had more control-if only because she desired me less.
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I always felt I should have been able to protect my mother better but I couldn't.
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Whether it's a power lunch or a romantic dinner, a meal at Cicada always feels like a special occasion.
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In this house, since commune days, she had always felt shy.
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He was also liked by his employees, who always felt Clark had their best interests at heart.
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Ever since, she has always felt that she has a tenuous grip upon life.
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My mother and father always felt they might have been related.
find
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Howard's always found him slightly unsettling, it's true.
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Other researchers can always find a correlation weight and early death because fewer heavy people than slender people exercise, he says.
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He takes his belt to him - I try to hide him sometimes, but he always finds him in the end.
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You could always find something entertaining to do around Morrisonville.
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I have always found it a great advantage to loathe my political opponents.
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Writers had not always found Black Mountain particularly fertile ground.
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I always find art galleries and museums hungry work, though.
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Annes in 1979, he hit only two fairways yet almost always found his ball sitting kindly.
keep
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Our dog is our constant walking companion and is always kept on a lead.
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Hence Phoenix always keeps at least two of its garbage districts in public hands-so it will always have the capacity to compete.
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This continues to happen back and forth, always keeping the momentum total zero.
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Jennifer always kept busy playing different sports.
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And her parents' small hotel had always kept them comfortable, rather than wealthy.
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Both Phobos and Deimos always keep the same side toward Mars.
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The room, with its unusual decor and accoutrements, was always kept locked.
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But my mother always kept this house.
know
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It was uncanny the way that he always knew when he reached the pew.
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Everybody knew , my folks always knew.
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Lisa always knew she did not really want her baby adapted, and before she was even born had decided against it.
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Somehow Lang always knew when I would be coming to town.
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She was to say that she always knew his moods.
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At Exeter, Fred found himself surrounded by the same relaxed wealth he had always known .
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This method also makes it easier to plot the location of finds since one's exact position is always known .
like
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I've got a couple of guys who I always like to go with.
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Paquita and I had always liked each other, but I knew she would have preferred me to be more conventional.
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I always like to be well-dressed.
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See has always liked to buy direct from California farmers.
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In fact, he'd always liked the house better when Dale wasn't in it.
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I always liked to go with what I wanted to do.
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He always liked it when she wore a certain shade of lipstick, coral, not cherry.
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A: I always liked to draw.
look
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Sean had always looked around him when he went into people's houses.
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Wants to know about his work, his views, everything. Always looking out for him at the Press Center.
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However, that process is continually evolving and we are always looking for suggestions to aid its development.
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Even Aristotle complained that communal property always looked worse than private lands.
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Pictures which share a common theme always look good when hung together.
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I thought he was a horse trainer, perhaps. Always looked happy, always looked easy.
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They always look back to the old smokestack industries.
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He has always looked for one more megaphone.
seem
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The monarchy, therefore, has always seemed a bit inappropriate.
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They always seem intent on involvement in the situation and find pleasure and enjoyment in analyzing relationships of others.
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Before this the teachers always seemed to be there for me.
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He always seemed to be ringing from a callbox, on grounds that the walls in his office had ears.
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The Lockharts' house always seemed to me to smell of the 1930s.
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Anglers always seem to carry large amounts of equipment.
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Through the night in the tossing chest she listened to the waters that seemed always about to wash over them.
tell
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He was always telling her how pretty she was, how well she ran Riverstown.
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You always told me how open the man is.
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Keith: Yeah - they always tell you what to do.
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And I think, this is why I married him; he always tells me to do it.
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He didn't say anything, but Cara could always tell .
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There are two stories they always tell together.
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Dad was always telling her off about that, about how it cracked the shoe leather and led to big repairs.
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Mother is always telling me to comb my hair because I look terrible.
think
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He's quite good-looking in a film-starry way - I'd always thought of him as young.
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I have always thought pneumonia was the root of it all, contracted during that six-day match in the bitter cold.
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She always thinks that she knows best.
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I always thought reality. was pretty weird.
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When I was younger, I always thought it looked like money for jam.
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I always thought that I would get more done in one day than it was possible to do.
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We always thought we'd leave, I suppose.
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Gee, and I always thought we had the chores fairly well divided.
try
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That was my dad - always trying to keep up with things.
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I always try to conduct myself reasonably in public.
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To be honest I think he has an over-active gland, always trying to inveigle his way into my bed.
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He was always trying to learn something.
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She was always trying to turn it into something it wasn't.
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I think how Ted, Charles, and I always tried to go back every August.
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Miss Hinkle was always trying to make me an office magnate, dictating letters and answering telephone calls.
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Opposition forces have constantly rebelled and tried to kill the leader, and he has always tried to obliterate them.
use
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When we were lads Walton's doorway was where we always used to stand and watch the world go by.
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You could always use your thumb on the trigger.
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We always used to say the guys on the Ridge were lucky, the stork brought their babies.
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Disulfiram should be used always as part of a comprehensive treatment program.
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If in any doubt, consult an electrician. Always use a circuit breaker for added safety.
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You can always use hypothetical situations.
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I tried astronomy-I had always used the stars as a kid to get away.
want
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I had always wanted to discover as much as I could about the people I met and I was especially interested now.
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It's what I've always wanted from the bottom of my heart...
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When my husband comes home he always wants to make love but I don't.
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Is it the sad reciprocity of love that you always want what you think you are giving?
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Of course I'd seen pictures and I've always wanted a guitar like that.
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A place for adults where kids always wanted to go.
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It's particularly nice when you can get people together who've always wanted to meet.
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White recruited George to play at Illinois, then left, and George has always wanted to play for White.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(that's/it's) always the way!
There'll always be an England
once a ..., always a ...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grandma had always told us to be careful.
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He's always been very curious.
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He always has sandwiches for his lunch.
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I'll always remember the day we first met.
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I've always admired Sean Connery.
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I always say my prayers before I go to bed.
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Jenna always talks too loud.
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My brother is almost always late.
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My dad's always telling me I should get my hair cut.
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My stupid car is always breaking down!
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Our upstairs neighbor always keeps to himself. We hardly know him at all.
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Ron is always in a bad mood in the morning.
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She said she would always love him.
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She was always ready to listen to my problems.
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Sylvia has always hated her nose.
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The temperature of the lake is always below fifty-five degrees.
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The wind is always blowing there.
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Why do you always blame me for everything?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, as elections approached it was not always politically desirable to have a tight monetary policy.
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Because you're always trying to get the better of me.
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Miss Male confessed that she had always wanted to visit the States.
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They almost always taste pretty good but they are not beautiful.
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We always let him and we always will let him.