Example sentences of "were always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the sort of omen , one of the signatures of destiny , for which we were always watching . |
| 2 | Wilfred Harte , 65 , was enraged because they were always watching TV and running up big electricity bills , the Old Bailey heard . |
| 3 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 4 | Nutmeg also decided to visit two rabbits called Hop + jump , because they were always hopping + humping . |
| 5 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 6 | What I mean is , you always think that you 're tomorrow 's man and yesterday 's child and then suddenly you realise that today is the tomorrow you were always looking forward to , if you see what I mean , and quite soon you 'll be yesterday 's man yourself . ’ |
| 7 | The chairman , Martin Jay , told me they were always looking for new ideas to raise money but they want to keep it an event for the family , a rural event based on the race . |
| 8 | Sheikhas were always looking for homeless orphans to take under their wing . |
| 9 | I had seen her a few times since and remembered her lively face , her large , intelligent eyes which were always looking here , looking there as if one moment 's rest would deny her some crumb of life . |
| 10 | They were always looking for some cowardly advantage . |
| 11 | There , I 'll tell you what , the garage , were always looking for blooming things like that , that 's what they want |
| 12 | He hated the way people were always ringing her up , and she was always saying , ‘ How lovely ! ’ and ‘ I 'll be there by two , I promise , darling . ’ |
| 13 | They were always leaving , I remember , Dinah thought . |
| 14 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 15 | Such thoughts were always unsettling and she refused to spoil a perfect summer morning by dwelling on the matter now . |
| 16 | Or maybe people were always popping in here for 10 grams of thallium . |
| 17 | Sometimes they were to be found in a corner , solemnly talking to a rather battered doll whose arms and legs were always popping off , waiting to be clipped on by a passing ‘ brother ’ who was inevitably obliging . |
| 18 | ‘ She did n't mix an awful lot but friends were always popping in and out because the door was open . |
| 19 | India were always struggling after a tight opening blast by Allan Donald and Fanie de Villiers and were bowled out for 177 . |
| 20 | People were always taking him in hand , hoping to reform him , to make him conform to their own self-centred ideal of what he should be . |
| 21 | If miracles were always taking place , there would be no order in the universe , and without the regularity of nature we should not know where we were . |
| 22 | It worries the lawyers , and the insurance company were always fussing about keeping it in a private house . |
| 23 | ‘ You said they were always yelling at you from the fields , and brandishing sticks . ’ |
| 24 | You were always learning then ? |
| 25 | The plastic ones now on sale in every garden centre are much more manageable than the old glass type , which were always getting broken . |
| 26 | As I have already noted , I have yet to meet children who were always getting their own way who were contented or calm . |
| 27 | Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’ ( Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . |
| 28 | The house was an ordeal for visiting children , who were always getting lost . |
| 29 | In the Victor the Germans were always getting slaughtered by plucky chaps with square jaw-lines and purple stubble . |
| 30 | The soldiers too were always getting up and walking away . |