Example sentences of "was always at " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The latest was always at a premium . |
| 3 | When I was a boy , God was always at home . |
| 4 | For as the carriage was always at the front or back , it could be kept private from the rest of the train . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her knowledge of the stage and music was always at the disposal of younger members . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Despite being restricted to a wheelchair he retains his cheerfulness and was always at Hove when Sussex played Warwickshire . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is not known who the Islay Correspondent was but the date line was always at Port Ellen . |
| 15 | Chip slept in a chair in the kitchen and was always at the door to greet me when I got up in the morning . |
| 16 | He was always at work , always Sunday . |
| 17 | WHEN I WAS a child , I was always at Wuthering Heights , because my mother was a servant with the Earnshaw family . |
| 18 | Her mother was the one who was always at the centre of any gathering , it was her attention , never Peony 's they wanted . |
| 19 | ‘ And that 's it ? ’ said her papa quietly ; he was always at his most dangerous when he was quiet . |
| 20 | He was always at a loss when people acted like this . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | ( Clearly there is also an indirect contribution via the resulting growth in wages. ) 1958 was the only year in which the level of investment fell , and the average growth rate over any five-year period was always at least 4 per cent per annum . |