Example sentences of "[was/were] always [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process . |
| 2 | In the first of these rooms there were always three of the Six . |
| 3 | Even when Peter Langan was still around and threatening an imminent breach of the peace , this was always one of the most comfortable restaurants : stacks of paintings , a cheering bustle and bright lighting that somehow managed to appear discreet . |
| 4 | Len Choules was always one of Palace 's unsung heroes , yet his Football League appearances for us have only ever been exceeded by fifteen men . |
| 5 | Just as the citizens of these towns were fervent churchmen and fierce anticlericals almost at one and the same time , so the true relationship of town and country was always one of hate and love . |
| 6 | He was always one of my guitar heroes and he 's certainly one of the world 's finest pickers today . |
| 7 | It failed , above all , to topple Saddam Hussein , whose removal , Mr Record says , was always one of America 's chief war aims , albeit one that was not blessed by the United Nations . |
| 8 | The single hydraulic pump was always one of the Apache 's less attractive features because , if the left-hand engine failed after take-off , you had to operate the emergency handpump to raise the wheels at a time when it is essential to clean up the airframe without delay . |
| 9 | Not listening was always one of my faults and one of the reasons I so frequently found myself isolated in misunderstanding : like a careless rider , cut off from the company , alone and benighted for failing to pay attention to the prevailing agreements as to intention and direction . |
| 10 | It was always one of Liebig 's convictions that the British expected practical results from science too soon . |