Example sentences of "were always at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morality was for the laity , whose life was dominated by the battle against mortal sin , and who therefore lived under the threat of hell and were always at risk . |
| 2 | We were always at our desks by nine , taking short breaks only for meals and often working late into the night . |
| 3 | ‘ To hasten the King 's death , deposition , insanity , etc. , and make sure that there were always at least three false claimants to the throne ’ , among other things . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Leeds were always at the back of my mind as the side I would like to join if I came back to England , ’ said the 6ft 2in , 16 stone Iro . |
| 5 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 6 | Most families , especially the young and old , were always at risk from hypothermia in the winter . |
| 7 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 8 | Both parents were always at the beck and call of the general public . |
| 9 | Individually they were always at pains to stress the provisional nature of the conceptual apparatus , and their flexibility can be seen in the way in which the theory evolved to include new topics such as narrative and literary history . |
| 10 | ‘ As strikers , we were always at opposite ends of the field so I never really came into contact with Frank on the park , ’ recalls Pearson . |
| 11 | Closet federal Europeans earlier maintained that the EC was merely a gigantic free trade area ; now they boldly affirm that political and monetary union were always at the heart of the treaty of Rome . |
| 12 | And wounded animals were always at their most dangerous when cornered . |
| 13 | But keep track he had to , for the sects were always at odds with each other and sometimes their differences spilled over into killings . |
| 14 | A Northumbrian Water spokesman said there was no danger of running out of water because there were always at least seven days of water supply from tanks at Broken Scar and Longnewton . |
| 15 | but erm he was on about certain aspects that he picked up from her , but having been in gypsy caravans round here , as when they were on Line Brook you see we were always at Line Brook for one reason or another |
| 16 | We had to , of course , make a one million pound reduction following the S S A the final S S A announcement which Heseltine made about three weeks ago , but we were always at the capping limit , and I think |