Example sentences of "[noun prp] always [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana always sat with his legs wide apart , as if inviting the touch of eyes , if not hands . |
| 2 | But Richard Dunwoody always appeared to be going the best and Baydon Star was a comfortable four-length winner , with the third horse Mailcom 30 lengths away . |
| 3 | Walker always looked at home until his move to Italy sapped his self-belief and left the normally swift-heeled defender looking as if he had feet of clay . |
| 4 | Sainte-Beuve tells us that David always spoke of Diderot with gratitude . |
| 5 | He ordered more beer : but the maid was just as absorbed in her task and besides , though Hope always boasted to himself that no woman was unattractive to a man who knew how to look , he had to admit that this particular maid of the Swan was not immediately seductive : she was excessively talk , awkwardly balanced , lank and thin-haired and a wart took away most of the attraction from her nose . |
| 6 | Back in his hometown of Cork , Fergus always seemed to be floating in the wake of the other noted Cork scrum-half , Michael Bradley . |
| 7 | As one friend notes : ‘ Sarah always had to be the best at everything . |
| 8 | Never mind , Madeleine always said to the flinching Thérèse : wide hips are best for having babies . |
| 9 | The studios and corridors at Cardiff always seemed to be full of pretty girls . |
| 10 | Several subsequent accounts have referred to Cooper as ‘ David Stirling 's driver ’ , but in fact Stirling always insisted on doing the driving himself . |
| 11 | Godfrey always complained about her though they split up a year ago . |
| 12 | Williams always wrote in a way which deserves the label of ‘ political ’ in the sense in which that term is used by Cleaver ( 1979 ) . |
| 13 | But Trevor always arrived in the morning as if he 'd not had a drink . |
| 14 | But Pommes Anna always went with Chicken Stew , it was a custom . |
| 15 | ONCE he had left the modern flat where he lived with his father in Johannesburg , John Cranko always lived in old houses . |
| 16 | Caine would choose from a variety of eateries , while Poitier always plumped for Peter Langan 's elegantly seductive Odin 's , just off Marylebone High Street . |
| 17 | Gabriel always slept under the stage , however , wrapped in a massively expensive duck-down quilt , because Garvey was anxious he should not catch cold . |
| 18 | Little Billy always lied to his mother , but they were never convincing . |
| 19 | Anyway , Irene always complained about the way lupins shed their petals all over the polished table . |
| 20 | Sergeant Allen always liked to be ready early , to have everything buttoned up before the Troop Commander arrived : it got things off to a good start . |
| 21 | The coffee in France always seemed to be superior to the coffee in England , and he had made it just right . |
| 22 | One player , Malta 's Jon Buhagiar , was booked in a tough and often uncompromising affair in which Scotland 's impressive central defensive pairing of Stephen Wright and Kevin Bain always looked in command . |
| 23 | Juliet could n't help thinking how elegant Moira Charles always appeared to be , never a blonde hair out of place , never a crease in her dress . |
| 24 | Charles always smiled like that when he wanted to appease her . |
| 25 | Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest . |
| 26 | On the resumption Kilkeel were awarded three consecutive penalty corners but they were unable to add to their slender advantage , and the direct long ball tactic from Service meant that Kilkeel always had to be alert to the breakaway . |
| 27 | Howard always started by getting the 'keeper and back four right first , and he 's done that . |
| 28 | Yeah , well John always swore by a diet whether he I do n't know . |
| 29 | It was true if you had an American boyfriend you stood to gain quite a bit in material goods , as their PX always seemed to be well stocked with food and silk stockings , cigarettes and make-up — all things in short supply in England — and for this reason if nothing else the Yanks were never short of female company . |
| 30 | In defence he was steady and reliable even if , in a way , his sophisticated refined play was out of its element in the hurly-burly of 3rd Division South football ; Jimmy always appeared to be better suited to a more leisurely pace than that which usually pertained at Selhurst Park in the mid-1950s . |