Example sentences of "[was/were] always under " in BNC.

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1 Simultaneously , Task Force Semper Fidelis , composed of US marines and military police , seized the main road across the canal , the Bridge of the Americas , and secured the approaches to Howard Air Force Base , which was always under US military control .
2 At one end was a compartment for the two armed guards who always travelled with a consignment of this kind , and in the partition between their compartment and the portion where the bullion was stored , there were portholes , or bull 's eyes , of stout glass , so that the interior was always under their view .
3 He said : ‘ At Luton he was always under pressure to play football and win games .
4 While they were at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire , 627 was always under the shadow of 617 Squadron .
5 Also , I was always under the impression that the likes of Constable , whilst in full knowledge that they were at the top of their profession , regarded themselves as craftsmen .
6 Because Silla was always under attack from its powerful and war-like neighbours , the nobility formed an elite corps of fighting men to defend them .
7 Stuart had been sent to a private school , his grandparents had paid , so that he was always under an obligation , do n't waste the opportunity , do n't let people down ; not like your father , was the implication .
8 But there was no fairytale ending for Rathfriland 's Noel Weir who was always under the whip against Willowfield 's Colin Best in the final of the open singles .
9 He was always under the doctor .
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