Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] always [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Surely the English and French were nearly always at war in those days . ’
2	The actual vaults were nearly always of concrete and it was the strength of Roman concrete which made it possible to cover the enormous spaces in this way .
3	It was nonchalant in its dealings with other cats , disdainfully ignoring the usual status battles , which were nearly always between males or between females — there was little social fighting across the genders .
4	In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea .
5	Tweed , the Liberal election agent , ‘ knew … that it was not illness or the tedium of a long convalescence which kept him out , but that his heart was not in it and that confronted with the serried ranks of vested interests which compose this new Government , his sympathies were as always with the bottom dogs … '
6	Except in the Central Province , Europeans were almost always in a minority .
7	‘ Our family did n't exactly come from the wrong side of the tracks , but we were certainly always within sound of the train whistles . ’
8	The loft was nearly always above the stable . ’
9	It was played incessantly on the radio and at least once at every dance I went to , and the haunting melody was nearly always in my mind .
10	Paul thought her resistance hysterical , and was firm ; soon it was as always between them , except that Dinah 's face was suffused with blushes ; it was like bedding with him in public .
11	A few men read magazines , Feldstein was as always with a book .
12	Mother was almost always at home , ready to play with the children , or to read to them .
13	Some sort of teacher was almost always within walking distance of a rural child .
14	Nor was this always to his advantage .

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