Example sentences of "[noun] was always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Russia 's ability to accept capitalist economic aid was always in doubt and Molotov walked out of the Paris talks on 2 July , complaining that the Marshall Plan would lead to Germany 's industrial revival and infringe the economic independence of European States , which would become US puppets . |
| 2 | In summer the smell of Flit was always with us . |
| 3 | MainMan was always in debt and Tony had always gone out and found money to do projects , so it was fine . |
| 4 | Though Masonry was always to be an element in the liberal forces — particularly in later non-socialist brands of Republicanism — it was never again , as it was from 1815 to 1820 , its chief framework ; even then it was not so much a system of belief as the only clandestine organization available for conspiracy . |
| 5 | She was two years older than him , and a thousand miles away at a girls ' school in Gloucestershire , and on the rare occasions when they met he hardly dared even speak to her ; but Richard was always in love with someone and his passions were all the more intense for being largely fantasy . |
| 6 | But their eyes and looks made love for them , and spread happiness around them , and their talk was always of the future they were to spend together . |
| 7 | In midfield , in both attack and defence , the momentum was always with the French which also allowed them , when they so chose , to play out of the tackle . |
| 8 | For as the carriage was always at the front or back , it could be kept private from the rest of the train . |
| 9 | His diminutive figure was always to be seen during battles with the opposition , and for this reason he gained exceptionally early admission to the Rowdies as a kind of unofficial mascot . |
| 10 | Drawing was always to be a liberation for him . |
| 11 | Anthony was always on the phone , rushing about like a bull in a china shop , or lying in bed till twelve with one or other of his girlfriends . |
| 12 | I had been trying to negotiate the Friday lunch-time run , which was the most lucrative , office-party wise , as ER was always on the lookout for reliable drivers who could not only deliver their people but hang around and pick them up . |
| 13 | GOSSARD : Henry Gossard of Chicago was always into ladies underwear . |
| 14 | And the thing about Fingers was always black now with holding on to the thingummy and then putting in drifts , and hammering , your fingers was get er drift was always on a in a a pan a wee pan with oil in it , drift was always full of oil and you stuck it in the hole . |
| 15 | ( Clearly there is also an indirect contribution via the resulting growth in wages. ) 1958 was the only year in which the level of investment fell , and the average growth rate over any five-year period was always at least 4 per cent per annum . |
| 16 | His mother or his father or one of the group was always with him . |
| 17 | That was the only Ulster success of the night but the Bily Rock-trained Tadila was always in the leading group before finishing third in the Ardee Hurdle won by Shareef Alliance and should be all the better for the run . |
| 18 | the other hand he accepted the ministrations of Rosalba with pointed gratitude , looking up at her when it was her turn to bend over him , though she did not need to bend from the waist , wand-like as her sister , but rather leaned her plump body forward to adjust some dish , brush off some crumbs with a dithery movement that suggested — again he felt a stab of pity , followed by impatience — that her own body was always in her way . |
| 19 | Like most deserted villages Great Stretton was always on the small side , but in 1563 it still contained fifteen families . |
| 20 | Her husband was always with us but as a couple they were difficult to dislodge without rudeness . |
| 21 | His vocabulary was curiously outdated : he went , not to a film or the cinema but to the ‘ movies ’ , and ha'penny was always by him pronounced ‘ half-penny ’ . |
| 22 | Although the Portadown backs threatened constantly , an Armagh boot was always on hand to relieve the pressure . |
| 23 | Because Silla was always under attack from its powerful and war-like neighbours , the nobility formed an elite corps of fighting men to defend them . |
| 24 | But however nationalization was always on the minds of the railwaymen . |
| 25 | She would play along , another intimacy in their relationship was always of value to her — one of the opportunities her looks alone would never yield to her . |
| 26 | After disembarkation , the first appointment was always with the furriers : |
| 27 | Bella did n't want to be called guilty ; her instinct was always for ambiguity . |
| 28 | When I was a boy , God was always at home . |
| 29 | At one stage the Guernsey was used as a draught animal and later for beef , but its prime role was always as a milk producer . |
| 30 | Such a victory was always on the cards , for Miss Albano stood only 10 places above her British counterpart in the world rankings , at 456 . |