Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] was always [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the Maastricht summit was always going to be important well beyond its paper agenda . |
| 2 | The identification of the so-called Jurassic Way was always based on the very flimsy evidence that it linked some six or seven Iron Age sites . |
| 3 | A man called Harrs had been offered a shadowy role as Exterior Liaison Officer , and Mr Malik was always talking of ‘ finding something ’ for Maisie . |
| 4 | The second new constraint arises from the fact that Mr Clinton was always fated to be something of a weak president . |
| 5 | Beneath the photograph was printed not her name , but a sobriquet , a common practice — Mrs Langtry was always know as ‘ The Jersey Lily ’ . |
| 6 | Known throughout the army as ‘ le Capucin Botté ’ ( the Fighting Friar ) , in his entourage de Castelnau was always accompanied by his own private chaplain , a Rabelaisian Jesuit who also happened to be his nephew . |
| 7 | Although scrupulously fair in his writings on deaf history , neither favouring use of sign language or oralism , constantly giving credit where this was due to either method , Abraham Farrar was always regarded by oralists as the greatest triumph for the oral method of teaching the deaf , though Francis Maginn once told a B.D.D.A Congress that ‘ Oral ’ pupils could not be kept from signing . |
| 8 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 9 | EVEN in his Arkansas power-base , US President-elect Bill Clinton was always overshadowed by England basketball star Alan Bannister . |
| 10 | During office hours the main door of Moorlake House was always left on the latch . |
| 11 | So the stage adaption of Nicholas Nickleby was always going to be a challenge . |
| 12 | Brozie Herrington was always known for his homemade sweets , and among the older generation " Brozies Homemade " were well known . |