Example sentences of "[noun] was always [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Russia 's ability to accept capitalist economic aid was always in doubt and Molotov walked out of the Paris talks on 2 July , complaining that the Marshall Plan would lead to Germany 's industrial revival and infringe the economic independence of European States , which would become US puppets . |
| 2 | MainMan was always in debt and Tony had always gone out and found money to do projects , so it was fine . |
| 3 | She was two years older than him , and a thousand miles away at a girls ' school in Gloucestershire , and on the rare occasions when they met he hardly dared even speak to her ; but Richard was always in love with someone and his passions were all the more intense for being largely fantasy . |
| 4 | Although the Portadown backs threatened constantly , an Armagh boot was always on hand to relieve the pressure . |
| 5 | Because Silla was always under attack from its powerful and war-like neighbours , the nobility formed an elite corps of fighting men to defend them . |
| 6 | She would play along , another intimacy in their relationship was always of value to her — one of the opportunities her looks alone would never yield to her . |
| 7 | Bella did n't want to be called guilty ; her instinct was always for ambiguity . |
| 8 | When I was a boy , God was always at home . |
| 9 | The Frenchman reached the stadium 34 seconds ahead of Olaf Ludwig , of Germany , after a final six miles when victory was always in doubt . |
| 10 | Dunlop was always in control of this race leading from the second lap and after that it just was n't a race . |
| 11 | Oh oh yes they yes they would stay under a road bridge too because you would see the er er if you would look a a bridge and they would say oh there 's a tramp there 's a place there if you could tell me and you would see the rocks put up and where the bed was always above water level oh yes . |
| 12 | All our bookshops continued to sell ‘ The Satanic Verses ’ and , with only a few exceptions where serious threats had been made , the book was always on display . |
| 13 | Although America 's current account was always in surplus during the 1960s , her net capital outflows , particularly private investments overseas , more than offset the current account surplus in most years . |
| 14 | Diana was always on edge , suspecting Camilla 's presence in Charles 's every action . |
| 15 | Shorn of its metaphysical sanction , law in the Renaissance was always in danger of losing its prescriptive power . |
| 16 | It was strange not being able to communicate but someone who could speak English was always on hand to translate and often all I needed were those wonderful smiles and greetings from people . |
| 17 | ‘ John was always in charge , but never arrogant . |
| 18 | But the equaliser was always on offer and arrived in the 73rd minute . |
| 19 | Tom Anderson was always in evidence on the right but his good stick work came to nothing . |