Example sentences of "[pron] always [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Till now I always thought 'em black |
| 2 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 3 | Dad hated old Gran anyway , we had n't seen her for years and she always sent me Californian Poppy Bath Salts for Christmas . |
| 4 | When she occasionally visited him in London or Stuttgart , she always found him busy , although he would certainly have made time for a new lover , and he did put himself out to entertain his cousin Petrie who , with his wife , turned up unexpectedly in Stuttgart during a travelling holiday . |
| 5 | And she always gave them good measure and did an awful trade . |
| 6 | There could be no early start : the lads ' co-operation was needed and we always found it difficult to agree on rules . |
| 7 | They were great friends — there were three of them : Uncle , Gifford Tate , and Papa Burger-I do n't know why ‘ papa ’ but they always called him that . |
| 8 | They always found it natural in government . |
| 9 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
| 10 | To friends and lovers he always made it clear that he was a Jew , perhaps to anticipate and reject the rebuff . |
| 11 | He had not returned any fulsome gratitude to his staff for all the work they had put in during the day ; but he always found it difficult to express his deeper feelings . |
| 12 | And he always gave me this bottle |
| 13 | And he always gave me this bottle |
| 14 | I was allowed to wear high heels for beauty contests , however , and when I started work , he always bought me expensive Italian leather . |
| 15 | In fact the professional golfers almost took a back seat , and it always afforded me some wry amusement when Ryder Cup golfers of repute were ignored by the spectators who were intent on getting the autograph of some star from a television soap opera . |
| 16 | It always made him sick when he was expected to watch the turkey-killings . |
| 17 | She had a terrible temper , and it always made him double up when she swore at him and clenched her fists . |