Example sentences of "always [vb past] [noun] " 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 | He always avoided Nicholson , who scared him . |
| 3 | Dr Mumby , supported by his staff , said that he always asked patients ' permission before giving their names to journalists . |
| 4 | I always asked people in the streets or markets if they minded my drawing from a certain position . |
| 5 | Disgruntlement always led Bertha Cohen to exaggeration . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was that not uncommon thing , a philanthropist who always made money . |
| 10 | She always made Jack feel inadequate — a soft southerner in this hard north-eastern territory . |
| 11 | That always made Ifor laugh . |
| 12 | It always made Alice wince . |
| 13 | For some reason , this business of the weekends , the visiting Boults , always made Alice weak with anger . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ? |
| 17 | ‘ He always got things done , but in a very nice way . |
| 18 | They always got chairs and wicker baskets and things |
| 19 | always got chewing gum on me |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A. T. You always got respect from the people on the ground . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ You know we always used candles down here when we were using the workbench , Joe . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She always used Mr Green religiously . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 28 | But , as he always found room in his life for north Oxfordshire and his family , he also enjoyed setting down some of his local preoccupations and irritations . |
| 29 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 30 | Repeatedly , their mutual admiration surfaces , and Johnson always found Burke a challenge , always felt it necessary to raise his game in Burke 's presence . |