Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] always [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The later programmes laid down clearer guidelines about the objectives and role of Urban Programme funding than was always apparent in the later 1970s .
2 We had wonderful and devoted parents and were always sure of a safe , secure background and were aware that we children mattered more to them than anything else .
3 Besides their attendances at fires and competitions the Halling Brigade gave many exhibitions of their fire fighting skills , and were always prominent in local functions .
4 It was often a lower middle-class phenomenon , and was always fiercest in central and eastern Europe where the great mass of the population had little commitment to capitalist society or to the liberal values it generated .
5 I went to every Station dance and was always sure of having a partner — either J. or one of his pals .
6 He always had time for them , always listened and was always reasonable with them .
7 I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless .
8 She paid close attention to the teaching of her assistants , and was always solicitous about the welfare of her students , among whom she was affectionately known as ‘ The Raisin' .
9 Richard himself spent money on fortifying Poli and was always ready with subsidies to support friends and allies .
10 ‘ But it says here it started and was always strongest in the city of Antwerp .
11 She liked John ; he had a sunny disposition and was always fun to be with .
12 That occasionally it ran away with him was a simple misfortune , and was always distasteful in retrospect .
13 At the cinema , under cover of darkness , he put his arm around her tentatively , but was always ready for rejection , and he had only twice kissed her .
14 The kind of questions Benny never thought to ask but was always interested in the answers .
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