Example sentences of "[coord] always [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end , he often smoked his pipe during the game and always insisted on playing in his slippers . |
| 2 | For many years he was a Methodist Local Preacher , and always walked to his appointments anywhere in the Circuit , so that he did not cause anyone else to work on a Sunday . |
| 3 | It was always true to reality and always walked in line with man 's progress and development . |
| 4 | She pretended ( Caro was sure it was pretence ) to be particularly worried about the two poor fatherless children , and always asked after them . |
| 5 | Plays in the Globe were in the open air and always had to be in daylight , but the Blackfriars was a building with a roof . |
| 6 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 7 | And always looked at it as perhaps a format with great theatrical potential particularly with the kids audience in mind . |
| 8 | It happened to lots of people in all walks of life , and always looked like a pity . |
| 9 | He took in that fact for the first time ; in spite of his knowing job , he had a clownish naîveté about fate and always tended to be innocent of the possibility of calamity . |
| 10 | Sarah had a high opinion of herself , and always stood with her shoulders back and her pretty nose pointed skyward as if she was better than everyone else . |
| 11 | Harry Foy as Needle Nugent looked the part and always stayed in character . |
| 12 | THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ONE OF BERNARD 'S FAVOURITES AND ALWAYS SAT ON HIS DESK . |
| 13 | She said : ‘ I like to make people laugh and always wanted to be able to do something for elderly and lonely people . ’ |
| 14 | He named it Stegman ( a steg is a male goose ) and it spent most of the summer on the reservoir but always wintered at West Birk Hatt . |
| 15 | Blanche listened patiently , like the elder sister Dexter had never had but always wished for . |
| 16 | They were hollowed-out places , but always came to a dead end . ’ |
| 17 | Her hair never looked unkempt , but always shone as if newly brushed and was usually tied in a pony-tail with well-ironed blue or pink ribbon . |
| 18 | He lived chancily , moved into many crises , both business and legal , but always emerged from the other side safely — and usually richer , more powerful . |