Example sentences of "was always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death of the King ended the client relationship which was always between the Emperor and a particular ruler , and the presence of such a kingdom within the Province was now a political anomaly . |
| 2 | Now that was always about Will . |
| 3 | And that was always about the fourteenth of April . |
| 4 | Seven o'clock in the morning at seven o'clock till four , I think it was and then er it would be two till ten , you see , but the Stationmaster was always about just in case I was late er you know , not there by seven . |
| 5 | Warfare in this region was always about sieges . |
| 6 | ‘ He was always about the place . |
| 7 | I think Jimi would have changed a little bit , though , because he was always into change . |
| 8 | GOSSARD : Henry Gossard of Chicago was always into ladies underwear . |
| 9 | Charles 's own inclination was always towards a pro-French and anti-Dutch policy , though marriages between the Stuart family and the ruling Dutch House of Orange slightly restrained him and by the 1670s most Englishmen were beginning to be a little worried by the increasing power of France . |
| 10 | I could have had it done through the bank but he was always up town anyway so |
| 11 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 12 | The latest was always at a premium . |
| 13 | When I was a boy , God was always at home . |
| 14 | For as the carriage was always at the front or back , it could be kept private from the rest of the train . |
| 15 | From the time of that first evolutionary change , and onwards through the whole of the Second Period , that is , from the start of life to the dawn of civilisation , millions of evolutionary events took place which from the very beginning were moving towards the creation of an ever more sensitive , complex and capable physical being , and this being , ultimately to become man , was always at the head of the process no matter what had gone before . |
| 16 | Her knowledge of the stage and music was always at the disposal of younger members . |
| 17 | Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . |
| 18 | What had happened , because his holidays coincided with mine , was that my father had become my mother as well as my father , in the sense that it was he and not she who was always at home . |
| 19 | Mesnel , known for his Anglophobic outbursts , was always at hand with a vitriolic comment about the ‘ perfidious Albion ’ and what he called ‘ the legendary hypocrisy of the English ’ . |
| 20 | Ian Fleming 's James Bond novels , from Casino Royale ( 1953 ) onwards , characteristically enough , are largely a comic creation ; and though no one would dare call the Bond thrillers realistic , their strength was always at least as much in terms of observed social manners — dress , food , drink and forms of address — as in their innocently violent fantasies about sex and power in the age of the Cold War . |
| 21 | Despite being restricted to a wheelchair he retains his cheerfulness and was always at Hove when Sussex played Warwickshire . |
| 22 | Mancini is more concerned to emphasize Gloucester 's role , but adds that Buckingham ‘ was always at hand ready to assist Gloucester with his advice and resources ’ . |
| 23 | Lovat listened to Topaz , torn between anger directed against Horatia Manners , and admiration for his wife 's loveliness which was always at its best when she was in a rage . |
| 24 | It is not known who the Islay Correspondent was but the date line was always at Port Ellen . |
| 25 | Chip slept in a chair in the kitchen and was always at the door to greet me when I got up in the morning . |
| 26 | He was always at work , always Sunday . |
| 27 | WHEN I WAS a child , I was always at Wuthering Heights , because my mother was a servant with the Earnshaw family . |
| 28 | Her mother was the one who was always at the centre of any gathering , it was her attention , never Peony 's they wanted . |
| 29 | ‘ And that 's it ? ’ said her papa quietly ; he was always at his most dangerous when he was quiet . |
| 30 | He was always at a loss when people acted like this . |