Example sentences of "[pron] always [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else .
2 So I always had meat during the rainy months when I could not go out with a gun .
3 I ALWAYS HAD FAITH THAT LECONTE COULD BEAT ANYBODY , ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME — YANNICK NOAH
4 I always had faith that he could still beat anybody , anywhere at any time ’ .
5 Previously I always had difficulty in arranging a caretaker for the cottage , and often ended up spending the entire weekend gardening and doing the housework . ’
6 I think , no , I mean been , I always had lessons every time I 've been .
7 But I always had books to read and pictures to paint and it was lovely in the summer when those theatrical people from London came down and put on all those Shakespearian plays out-of-doors on the cliffs .
8 Hugh Ritchie , the Departmental Officer one rank above Mr S — , a kind and gentlemanly character with whom I always had rapport , sent for me and asked why I wanted to leave .
9 I always had hopes of you !
10 This was the way I always imagined Cedric would get home , if he ever did , but the only person I knew who did manage to negotiate the mysterious overland route was a Lancaster pilot on one of our neighbouring stations and he did the whole thing , from being shot down to arriving back in England , in three weeks .
11 I always imagined models lived on lettuce leaves and iced water . ’
12 It 's exactly how I always imagined Italy would be . ’
13 Because I was loud and had red hair , I always played hookers in TV series like Bergerac , The Sweeney , Fox and Minder . ’
14 I always felt Pakistan would be a very unstable country , ’ said Pakeezah .
15 I always felt religion was responsible for so much that was wrong in the world — religious wars , sexual repression , bigotry . ’
16 But when I pushed open the gate into the yard on my return , I always saw Jean-Claude at the window .
17 I was at Nottingham Grammar School , I always came top in science , and literature , and I loved reading and learning , which I knew would be vital to become a doctor .
18 Yesterday , after Billy moved out to let Wayne and Monica in , the new owner said : ‘ I always knew mum was right . ’
19 I always knew God was on our side , ’ Rogers mumbled , ‘ but I never knew He was so bloody ugly . ’
20 As a young Christian exclaimed to me on realizing for the first time the titanic implications of this claim , ‘ I always knew Christianity was true , but I never realized it was this true ! ’
21 I always asked people in the streets or markets if they minded my drawing from a certain position .
22 I always wore clogs , and if an iron came off while I was cycling to town I could take it to him , go off somewhere like the pictures , and it would be ready and waiting for me straight afterwards .
23 I always wore jet , usually with a pastel-coloured dress , ’ she says .
24 I always thought work experience .
25 I always thought NCPR had employed too many people .
26 I always thought Hugh was very lucky to have those rooms , ’ Jamie said .
27 But I always thought cleanliness was next to Godliness ,
28 I always thought nurses were a tough crowd .
29 I always thought Rose was deeper than you gave her credit for , ’ she says .
30 I ALWAYS thought lesbianism was one of those things you had to be born with , like the ability to do the splits .
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