Example sentences of "[be] always in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well they 're always in the majority are n't they ?
2 Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better .
3 You 're always in the centre of things .
4 And the other afternoon — crises are always in the afternoon — when Harry , back from an official lunch , comes out of his office and announces , ‘ Gentlemen , I thought you might be interested to know that the location of the Alps has been shifted to Central Africa . ’
5 There , we are always in the position of observers , looking in , as it were , from without .
6 ‘ But she has loved someone else and her thoughts are always in the past ; and her consciousness seems to bother her even at the thought of a possible new love . ’
7 Is it not the case that when it comes to positive action and real decisions , the Government are always in the pocket of the landowners ?
8 Good readers are always in the process of becoming better readers .
9 Like you , I am always in the market for information .
10 She was busily engaged in courting Maurice Dawkins who lived in Culver Street and seemed to be always in the shop complaining of his drawbacks for all and sundry to hear .
11 Plays were always in the afternoon , because of the daylight .
12 In and out of the camp Billy made sure that his camp and his model of the people 's pleasures were always in the public eye .
13 Camping holidays were always in the rain , but my parents would constantly remind us throughout the fortnight that the sun was ‘ trying to come out ’ .
14 Er they supported me and canvassed for me when I was putting up , but I ca n't see them going , whereas I can remember the erm the when I was a child going to the , we used to have a fete and it was a politically , I ca n't remember exactly what it would be called , but I know mother and the Guild were always there making the tea and got a stall and they were always in the forefront and they 'd always got their rosettes on .
15 It is a constant risk for someone like her who is always in the public eye , that someone will develop a fixation on her , ’ the colleague said .
16 Yet despite his fame , despite the feeling that he is always in the public eye , he is making only his third TV appearance in a decade in A Foreign Field ( Sunday , BBC1 , 9.05pm ) .
17 The vector potential due to any current element is always in the direction of the current element .
18 Zurich is always in the news , not merely on the map of world affairs , but usually right at the heart of it .
19 It 's always in the back of my mind .
20 We 've always in the West used the term Russian nationalist as one of abuse , er and that it seems to me as , because it 's always in the past been associated with empire , Russian nationalists in practice have oppressed other people , but after all why should the Russians not be patriotic just as the British as er a citizen or a Frenchman can be patriotic , er provided that that does n't go with oppressing other people .
21 it 's always in the kitchen when it 's Sunday , see if she can get in the oven quick , if she had a pair of oven gloves , she 'd get the meat out herself
22 One 's always in the dock and being questioned , is n't one ?
23 It 's always in the Post .
24 He 's always in the Opera House .
25 The boys in my class would come to school during the opera season , which was always in the winter , and discuss the previous night 's performance at every opportunity .
26 So I was always in the middle trying to keep the conversation going .
27 Oh yes , I 've al I was always in the union .
28 She knew everyone and was always in the know , always had some news .
29 And er when that was done the washing the mangle was always in the yard , in the backyard , the old mangle with the wooden rollers and it was quite an effort to turn and we children very often ha to give a turn .
30 It was always in the back of my mind .
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