Example sentences of "was always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used to be good at running , trained three times a week and I was always competing . |
| 2 | ‘ She was always singing , joking … . ’ |
| 3 | It was the same burden Northumberland was always singing in the north , and Hotspur from whichever front of his double responsibility was occupying his immediate attention . |
| 4 | Registering 30.80 , Davy McClenaghan 's black bitch was always holding the staying-on Mineola Gift and she 'll be hard to beat again if beating Express to the corner . |
| 5 | He was always watering his ale , and so many of the villages believe his body should be buried in water . |
| 6 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 7 | Naïve , that 's what he was always calling me — that or juvenile , and you ca n't get more juvenile or naïve than allowing a man like Luke Denner to seduce you and then half hoping , almost believing in the fantasy that somehow you might actually mean something to him ! ’ |
| 8 | He was always producing the plants . |
| 9 | ‘ He was always acting the goat , that 's why I got to know him . |
| 10 | ‘ He was always acting flash , wearing white leather suits and drinking champagne . |
| 11 | She probably told the whole village that the doctor 's wife was always complaining to the local shopkeepers . ’ |
| 12 | He tried to persuade his master to be stricter with the children , and was always complaining that Heathcliff and Catherine did not spend enough time studying the Bible or attending church services . |
| 13 | In all the letters I received from David he was always slagging him off , ’ says Janet . |
| 14 | Another problem was his feathers : he was n't growing down quickly enough and he was always shivering , so Maureen made him a little coat out of cotton wool . |
| 15 | Islam , as the headmaster was always reminding him , meant surrender . |
| 16 | Now this was a line from a film , and he was always using it . |
| 17 | Short , left-handed and aggressive , he was an opener who hit the ball extremely hard , played every shot in the book with great relish and was always looking to attack from the first ball . |
| 18 | He was always looking for the catch . |
| 19 | He was always looking . |
| 20 | He was always looking for the beginning of something , and he had the energy of someone starting their career . |
| 21 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 22 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 23 | ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 24 | Looking after the ‘ tribe ’ is the number one priority , but Mary was always looking at ways of continuing her artistic leanings and it was to heraldry that she returned , this time with more than a hint of aviation to it ! |
| 25 | She was always looking for quick weight-loss diets . |
| 26 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 27 | The boy had seen because he was always looking to see what people were doing . |
| 28 | But he was always looking for something extra off the ice too , through dare-devil exploits like deep sea diving and motor racing . |
| 29 | Everyone always wanted to talk to Lucy and listen to what she had to say , everyone was always looking at her . |
| 30 | He was always looking at his private parts . |