Example sentences of "[was/were] always [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just passed them out to crazy people and artistes and people who were always on the scene in New York . |
| 2 | They were a difficult band to manage because they were always on the brink of breaking up . |
| 3 | While the splendid John Devereux improved his chances of being named in today 's Great Britain touring squad to Australia , with a fine display from his old rugby union position of centre , they were without too many of their creative players to open a hard-tackling defence which absorbed the pressure and were always on the lookout for the counter-attack . |
| 4 | Both Mr and Mrs Tiller were always on the lookout for any child or woman with potential . |
| 5 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 6 | It must be hell to be her , with her crazy parents who were always on the scrounge , though she did n't seem even to be aware of her situation . |
| 7 | They were always on the subject of war anyway . |
| 8 | Fisher Row was similar to some of the contemporary rural communities which have been studied in depth in that it had a stable core of local families which remained for generation after generation while another group which included carters , drovers and seasonal workers who found cheap lodgings in the parish were always on the move . |
| 9 | The youth could n't have been an inch over five feet three , skinny with dark curly hair and flashing eyes that never seemed to be still , as if he were always on the lookout for trouble . |
| 10 | ‘ Leeds were always at the back of my mind as the side I would like to join if I came back to England , ’ said the 6ft 2in , 16 stone Iro . |
| 11 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 12 | Both parents were always at the beck and call of the general public . |
| 13 | Closet federal Europeans earlier maintained that the EC was merely a gigantic free trade area ; now they boldly affirm that political and monetary union were always at the heart of the treaty of Rome . |
| 14 | We had to , of course , make a one million pound reduction following the S S A the final S S A announcement which Heseltine made about three weeks ago , but we were always at the capping limit , and I think |
| 15 | It must have been distasteful for a man whose principles were always of the very highest . |
| 16 | Er notwithstanding having said that , er we were always of the opinion in the shop stewards ' committee that if a man left , we would then go after the employer to re-engage someone else you know , or engage someone er in his place . |
| 17 | So you were always , you were always faced with this er coming from the membership you know , that we were always like the cow 's tail you know , we 'll always be behind . |
| 18 | Camping holidays were always in the rain , but my parents would constantly remind us throughout the fortnight that the sun was ‘ trying to come out ’ . |
| 19 | Keke Rosberg and Alan Jones , among others , were always in the thick of things even when they were driving what each of them calls a ‘ shit-box ’ . |
| 20 | Her boys were always in the throes of what she euphemistically called summer colic . |
| 21 | In contrast , Bangladeshi babies sleeping during the day were always in the same room as other family members , in a relatively noisy , busy environment . |
| 22 | In and out of the camp Billy made sure that his camp and his model of the people 's pleasures were always in the public eye . |
| 23 | Plays were always in the afternoon , because of the daylight . |
| 24 | These differences were always in the same direction — more pronounced hormonal responses and more reporting of symptoms with porcine insulin . |
| 25 | Er they supported me and canvassed for me when I was putting up , but I ca n't see them going , whereas I can remember the erm the when I was a child going to the , we used to have a fete and it was a politically , I ca n't remember exactly what it would be called , but I know mother and the Guild were always there making the tea and got a stall and they were always in the forefront and they 'd always got their rosettes on . |
| 26 | Michael Yule was prominent on the left wing for Jed while Parker and Shiel were always in the thick of the action when Melrose were on the move . |
| 27 | The Friend is like the phoenix , yet without the life-giving or self-sacrificing qualities of that mythical creature : Again , ‘ thou consum'st thy self in single life ’ : for Shakespeare images of self-division were always among the most potent signs of disorder . |
| 28 | The death of the King ended the client relationship which was always between the Emperor and a particular ruler , and the presence of such a kingdom within the Province was now a political anomaly . |
| 29 | And that was always about the fourteenth of April . |
| 30 | ‘ He was always about the place . |