Example sentences of "always [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always avoided Nicholson , who scared him . |
| 2 | Disgruntlement always led Bertha Cohen to exaggeration . |
| 3 | Artemis knew it was him before she saw him , because even before he was in the room everyone stood up , and Nanny as always straightened Artemis 's dress , tugging at the back . |
| 4 | Paula had brought her friend Louise home with her and they would be sharing the sort of older-girl talk that always made Sally feel like an intruder — and a very gauche , childish intruder at that . |
| 5 | She always made Jack feel inadequate — a soft southerner in this hard north-eastern territory . |
| 6 | That always made Ifor laugh . |
| 7 | It always made Alice wince . |
| 8 | For some reason , this business of the weekends , the visiting Boults , always made Alice weak with anger . |
| 9 | They always made Sophia think how much more Mark would be appreciated in a different sort of parish , though she never said anything about it now . |
| 10 | He always used Vi 's second name , declaring that the name of a flower , however sweet and modest , must give precedence to that of a saint . |
| 11 | She always used Mr Green religiously . |
| 12 | Repeatedly , their mutual admiration surfaces , and Johnson always found Burke a challenge , always felt it necessary to raise his game in Burke 's presence . |
| 13 | I always regarded Ellen 's attitude towards Grimes as one of sympathy and understanding and a desire to help him out of his difficulties . |
| 14 | The sudden sight of her , the extreme quality of her beauty , always moved Aunt Tossie into an ecstasy of appreciation : appreciation and regret for Nicandra 's shocking waste of its potential . |
| 15 | The plaque , and the Platz , always moved Erika . |
| 16 | Compliments always caught Miss Gilberd on the hop , she was so little used to them . |
| 17 | The whistles always woke Mazie . |
| 18 | It 's exactly how I always imagined Italy would be . ’ |
| 19 | This was the way I always imagined Cedric would get home , if he ever did , but the only person I knew who did manage to negotiate the mysterious overland route was a Lancaster pilot on one of our neighbouring stations and he did the whole thing , from being shot down to arriving back in England , in three weeks . |
| 20 | It always excited Müller to see them . |
| 21 | It always pleased Marie when Simon said that she got on well with his dog : it made her feel special . |
| 22 | He was screaming , the high-pitched , nerve-grating scream of agony that always turned Kathleen 's blood to stone , and the waiting-room fell into shocked silence . |
| 23 | Dorothea always defended Hastings , the most companionable of creatures , when he chose , but she felt no less of a fool . |
| 24 | They sang the Yorkshire " Christians Awake " and " O Come all Ye faithful " with a mixture of respectability , sober energy and abandon which always confused Stephanie who associated the noise both with repressive habits and with unused forces finding an outlet . |
| 25 | Betjeman always loathed Lewis thereafter , though as they got older they both tried to make a bit of a joke about it . |
| 26 | She always brushed Corrie 's beautiful hair when she came to the rectory , and though she began teaching both children the alphabet it was Corrie who received the most attention . |
| 27 | ( He always called Coleman ‘ buddy ’ . ) |
| 28 | My favourite story about the caddie who turned an Open in his player 's favour concerns the legendary Gene Sarazen and his bag-man Skip Daniels , who he always called Dan . |
| 29 | At this time of his life he always called Fisher behind his back Halieus , which is Greek for fisher . |
| 30 | And I always watched Wimbledon on the telly , even if it was just to see the lady players in those short skirts ( apart from old ‘ muscles ’ Navratilova ! ) . |