Example sentences of "[noun] always [vb pp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leavis always laid claim to the subtler view of controversy , but his doctrine was always easily open , as he knew , to cruder interpretations , and the fire-and-brimstone of his prose sometimes made it hard to interpret or understand in any other way . |
| 2 | The place always held affection for him . |
| 3 | Black people have always known racial violence to be a criminal offence and Black people always reported incidents to the police . |
| 4 | Little Billy always told lies to his mother , but they were never convincing . |
| 5 | They often had this sort of conversation , and Constance always made allowances for Scarlet 's naivety : such slowness on the uptake was the result of a sheltered background and not necessarily a sign of limited intelligence , though she sometimes wondered . |
| 6 | She called it a good house , because the maid always kept things for her . |
| 7 | Then they could have sex on a tiger skin by an open fire ; actresses always owned things like tiger skins . |
| 8 | It is very striking to note the way Pope John always claimed paternity of the idea of the Council . |
| 9 | Charlotte always looked sort of |
| 10 | Rose always made tea at this hour . |
| 11 | My mother always kept letters in their envelopes and a lot of other people must have done the same or the stamp business generally would have been the poorer . ’ |
| 12 | He would n't even find a tin of condensed milk , because his mother always opened tins on the day she bought them . |