Example sentences of "always [vb past] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For they always avoided towns and traffic ; they avoided also the larger roads which became turnpikes in the eighteenth century and were subject to tolls , and they were short-turfed for the cattle and sheep , grazing as they went . |
| 2 | Dr Mumby , supported by his staff , said that he always asked patients ' permission before giving their names to journalists . |
| 3 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 4 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 5 | ‘ He always got things done , but in a very nice way . |
| 6 | They always got chairs and wicker baskets and things |
| 7 | Every month , we got this cost of living , course it did n't er it did n't er fluctuate like it did in more recent years , but it was a safeguard and we always got increases on top of that like piece work increase and and er it it was a it was a good union , it you know . |
| 8 | They always used mandolins , and ukuleles too , and the ukuleles went from little ones through to eight-string ones and baritone ukuleles like big mandocellos , all related . |
| 9 | ‘ You know we always used candles down here when we were using the workbench , Joe . |
| 10 | Her weird , rather witchlike appearance always drew eyes ; who could ignore that bony frame in its tent of an ethnic dress , those rimless spectacles and thin bloodless lips under spikes of white hair radiating all round her head ? |
| 11 | He untangles his father 's early life — tangled chiefly by Brynner himself who always told interviewers a different story — from Switzerland to the farthest reaches of Russia and then to Paris as a teenager in the Thirties , where he joined a Romany gypsy troupe . |
| 12 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 13 | Because I was loud and had red hair , I always played hookers in TV series like Bergerac , The Sweeney , Fox and Minder . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I always imagined models lived on lettuce leaves and iced water . ’ |
| 15 | He always hated bully-boys and was correct to do so . |
| 16 | Always hated blacks . ’ |
| 17 | The trade papers not only advocated that managers should take soundings but also practised it themselves and they always encouraged managers to have their own say and to pass on what they had learnt . |
| 18 | He always adored animals , he had pets all his life . |
| 19 | Charles hated the place so much he always arranged meetings in pubs , and never took anyone there . |
| 20 | ‘ I always heard graduates were n't welcome there ? ’ |
| 21 | She always loved clothes and dressing-up , particularly in ‘ clinging , trailing chiffon things with miles of lace on them ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I always loved bands who 've had classic debut singles , ’ he says . |
| 23 | ‘ He always kept bottles of champagne in his fridge at work and he moved in very high-society circles . |
| 24 | With the tourist trade so they always kept boats you see . |
| 25 | And then they used to get , they used to be in Jackie , he always gathered bags and |
| 26 | Rostovtsev always took assignments seriously and tended to work hard at informing himself . |
| 27 | Walpole , who has been traditionally and perhaps wrongly regarded as the first British Prime Minister , always took pains to deny that he occupied such a position . |
| 28 | You always took children home and let the parents deal with them . |
| 29 | I always thought nurses were a tough crowd . |
| 30 | ‘ I always thought awards were something other people got . |