Example sentences of "always [vb past] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photograph she always used as a bookmark fluttered out of it . |
| 2 | Baldwin thought the questions somewhat unrealistically phrased , but he nonetheless realized that many of those organizing and participating in the ballot were part of that middle , public-spirited opinion which he always regarded as an important part of his natural constituency . |
| 3 | Erm so it always seemed as if something else was the trigger for friendships . |
| 4 | Her hair never looked unkempt , but always shone as if newly brushed and was usually tied in a pony-tail with well-ironed blue or pink ribbon . |
| 5 | He was now in close touch with the Revd M. J. Berkeley [ q.v. ] , the ‘ father ’ of British mycology , whom he eventually succeeded as Britain 's leading mycologist , but whom he always acknowledged as his master . |
| 6 | Exactly how and when the first state emerged in the history of human society is a problem impossible to resolve ; and for that matter it is by no means inconceivable that embryonic forms of the state always existed as an inheritance from animal societies . |
| 7 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 8 | She had none of that innocence or boundless enthusiasm that the Princesse always saw as the stamp of the American girl . |
| 9 | The townfolk always stared as if we were doing it on purpose , and that made us feel worse . |
| 10 | I WAS SAD to hear that ‘ Gaffer ’ ( Walter Mimpriss ) is dead , but sadder still that his obituary ( by John MacDougall , 25 September ) did not evoke the memory of a tall , lean , gangly man , with bent shoulders , who always looked as if he should have cow-dung on his theatre wellies , writes Marion Crouchman . |
| 11 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
| 12 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 13 | You always reacted as if you had had a leg amputated when people are just … oh , really . |
| 14 | He always spoke as if he was satisfied that she should have a life of her own . |
| 15 | It always sounded as if one should have known , had been told before and was rather foolish to have forgotten . |
| 16 | She made several ‘ women 's ’ films for Rank , including STREET CORNER ( 1953 ) about the women police in Chelsea , which she always cited as a particularly enjoyable experience since it involved working with a mainly female crew and cast . |