Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] always [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1950s and 1960s , Plan forecasts for business investment were always well below the outcome . |
| 2 | The wind seemed to drive all ways at once , so that whichever way they turned , as they struggled to and fro across the yard , and from building to building , the snow was always directly into their faces . |
| 3 | ‘ Mamma was always there by me . |
| 4 | The first point was always sufficiently before the junction such that signposts for the junction were included in the video and the second point was approximately 100 yards after the junction . |
| 5 | The man was always exactly on time . |
| 6 | They also led to some strategic thinking : it was clear that Prussia was now the dominant land power in Europe , and that the defences of Britain were by no means impressive — much of the army was always away in the colonies , and the navy on distant stations . |
| 7 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 8 | The question of difference and singularity was always there for ‘ classical ’ film theory as an underpinning , whether acknowledged or not , for the valorization — and particularly for the legitimation as ‘ progressive ’ — of a popular culture which is produced as product and circulates as commodity . |
| 9 | But The Smiths ' rebellion was always more like resistance through withdrawal , through subsiding into enervation . |