Example sentences of "[noun pl] were always [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yellow Book and the Decadents were always associated with Oscar Wilde . |
| 2 | Informed of the conspiracy , Franco 's reaction was , at first sight , surprising , but entirely in keeping with the behaviour of a man whose responses were always based on strategy , never on emotion . |
| 3 | Intervals were always protracted in Cairo . |
| 4 | In terrible conditions underfoot and with a raging rainstorm Palace held out under terrific Wednesday pressure ( their sides of those days were always packed with internationals ) and won with a goal scored just before half-time . |
| 5 | These binges were always followed by feelings of guilt and depression . |
| 6 | The eggs were always obtained from Ashfords Farm at Milford and never failed to produce chicks . |
| 7 | In such discussions Zuwaya generally assumed that they had given offence unwittingly , and that malign actions were always done by others , requiring Zuwaya to pursue justice . |
| 8 | At St. Martin 's the Festivals were always celebrated at Evensong by a procession around the Church during the final hymn , when the four banners were carried . |
| 9 | No single attainment test is administered to all schools , and GCE and CSE examinations were always dogged by problems of comparability . |
| 10 | Difficulties were always tempered by contact with people . |
| 11 | Unsurprisingly , as girls were always portrayed as sweethearts , and as future wives and mothers , Russell could write : |
| 12 | By studying a series of successively younger embryos he found that the same cells at the tip of the limbs always contacted the central nervous system first , and that subsequent connections were always made along pathways established by the axon processes extended by these pioneer cells . |
| 13 | They regarded themselves , however fallaciously , as light-skinned ; in their paintings they were invariably shown full face and almost white , whereas their enemies were always depicted in profile and black , unless they were Europeans . |
| 14 | Cleo knew their sedate yet sumptuous soirées were always peppered with gourmand bishops . |
| 15 | In Victorian times children were always taken to funerals but nowadays most people would not feel it was appropriate . |
| 16 | He smoked constantly and his clothes were always smeared with cigarette ash . |
| 17 | And so Harrison of Caldbeck and Robinson of Buttermere — wrestlers were always known by name and village both — were circling about each other 's conversation trying for a grip . |