Example sentences of "[was/were] always [indef pn] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was always unrest along the Border line ; during the Scottish Wars of Independence , the English Civil War , religious wars , in fact most of the time ; and of course , if Border lairds were not involved in a national dispute , then there were always plenty of old scores to be settled to keep them gainfully employed . |
| 2 | There were always plenty of boys ; they might arrive on a Friday and be gone by Monday , but he wanted an enduring relationship too . |
| 3 | ‘ There were always plenty of boyfriends — Lord this , someone that . |
| 4 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 5 | In times gone by , there were always lots of hedge trimmings available at the beginning of November , and it was easy to make a bonfire — with a big family you want a big bonfire . |
| 6 | Even so , with water in normal supply , locking at Foxton takes an hour or more ; slow working was always something of a disadvantage . |
| 7 | He was always something of a showman and sought to attract extra revenue by utilising the tramway as an attraction : to this end he introduced Illuminations tours , reintroduced the Circular Tour and created new feature cars , attracting commercial sponsorship . |
| 8 | To imagine that the revived realism of the 1950s and after excluded other possibilities , then , is to misunderstand its nature , and the chauvinism of the school was always something of a pose . |
| 9 | In the wake of Watergate and other scandals , the pejorative connotations of the imperial presidency gained added weight , but the concept was always something of a cliché . |
| 10 | There was always plenty of activity here , and so much so , that it was not until some time had elapsed , that a rumbling from above brought the GC to his attention . |
| 11 | Mrs Joel said that the first year she did it she used almost all privet , as she was frightened of running out of material half way through and she knew there was always plenty of that around . |
| 12 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 13 | Pushing aside her need to find Grandfather 's friend , unconsciously adopting the philosophy of the Irish that there was always plenty of time , she allowed Feargal to monopolise her — although when he found time to run his farm was anyone 's guess . |
| 14 | There was always lots of post-partying evidence . |