Example sentences of "[was/were] always [verb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses to be sold in the market were always tethered to the iron railings along Ox Row , sheep being penned nearby , with cattle towards Blue Boar Row . |
| 2 | Barriers and handicaps were always contributing to the alienation he bemoaned and yet instinctively courted . |
| 3 | Even thereafter , when factional purges were regular , Bubwith was always named to the council . |
| 4 | The Minimalist 's notion of site specificity was always limited to the room , the perfect white cube . |
| 5 | We confirmed the clear correlation of histologically proven candida infection , which was always confined to the oesophagus , with the presence of dysphagia . |
| 6 | I used to look at her and admire her but I also felt sorry for her because she was always confined to the flat . |
| 7 | And I was always saying to the girls at school for heavens sake keep your hair back , it 's only bunches , whatever , back when they was younger they always had plait or bunches , . |
| 8 | The fish jumped out of the tank on a few occasions , landing on the carpet , but was always returned to the tank in time . |