Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [was/were] always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems of rot were always with us but there were other problems as well which were just as serious . |
| 2 | From then on , the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy . |
| 3 | The Friend is like the phoenix , yet without the life-giving or self-sacrificing qualities of that mythical creature : Again , ‘ thou consum'st thy self in single life ’ : for Shakespeare images of self-division were always among the most potent signs of disorder . |
| 4 | It was well known that the foreman and the shop steward in question were always in dispute , and it appeared to the majority that the foreman had , in fact , set him up to get rid of him and to settle an old account . |
| 5 | This was a critical factory over the ensuing years , when a run on capital was always on the cards , especially in the slump period of the 20 's and 30's . |
| 6 | ( 1985 : 1203 ) suggest , know + to infinitive was always in British English a " factual verb " expressing the resultative sense , but this is not the case . |