Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] always [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At the time Joe Maitland was involved in some dubious dealing and his buying was not always from legitimate sources .
2 The loft was nearly always above the stable . ’
3 It was played incessantly on the radio and at least once at every dance I went to , and the haunting melody was nearly always in my mind .
4 The Clash were n't always into combat fatigues .
5 Some sort of teacher was almost always within walking distance of a rural child .
6 But unrealized potential was exploited as well as people and European economic intervention was not always at the expense of the non-European .
7 It was already clear to Coleman from his analysis of the drugs-related intelligence coming out of Lebanon that the traditional heroin route to the US via Cyprus , Frankfurt and London was used regularly by both agencies , that the traffic was not always in narcotics and that it moved both ways .
8 Surely the English and French were nearly always at war in those days . ’
9 Mother was almost always at home , ready to play with the children , or to read to them .
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