Example sentences of "always [vb past] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theoretical aims always concerned the analysis of ideology . |
| 2 | It always kindled a glow of security and peace when he called her that , however casually . |
| 3 | She always condemned the use of force against religious Nonconformists , and prayed that the Presbyterians and Independents would never be in a position to impose their own brands of orthodoxy . |
| 4 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 5 | But Bernard always believed the lack of cash to be merely temporary . |
| 6 | At any rate , Joe would be pleased ; he always relished a bit of publicity for his authors . |
| 7 | The sense of injustice created by such a system would inevitably work against its deterrent effectiveness ( Beccaria always acknowledged the importance of consent in producing compliance ; it is difficult to imagine how his version of the social contract would have allowed such a system to operate ) . |
| 8 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 9 | She always took a bit of bread . |
| 10 | I always thought the dropping of litter showed a lack of environmental relationship awareness , but could it also be linked with the " defacing " thing in that cities , streets with paving-slabs etc. are sensed by the human as too perfect and devoid of the texturous imperfections that make up the multi-levelled human life experience ? |
| 11 | The cleverest girls always knew the answer of course . |
| 12 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 13 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 14 | ‘ Through my early years , I always did a lot of running and I came to the conclusion that that was the reason for my injuries . |
| 15 | McQuaid always drank a bottle of whiskey in the house when he came . |
| 16 | And he always had a pot of linseed and black Spanish , and we always had to have a drink of this , cos he thought it was fantastic . |
| 17 | We always had a pot of water simmering on the fireplace . |
| 18 | ‘ Tom always had a couple of lurcher dogs tagging along at his heels when he was a kid . |
| 19 | ‘ Always had a lot of imagination . ’ |
| 20 | I always had a sort of inclination towards buildings , architecture and that sort of thing . |
| 21 | He kept the flat tidy while Robyn was out doing good works , and always had a cup of cocoa or a bowl of soup ready for her when she returned home , tired but invariably triumphant . |
| 22 | She had said , on her first morning with him , ‘ Mrs Kendrick and me always had a cup of coffee together before I got started , nice and friendly like . ’ |
| 23 | To Joyce 's eyes it seemed she " Always had an abundance of confidence . |
| 24 | I always left the dollop of jam in the middle of my mother 's puddings until it was the last mouthful . |