Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] always [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was always a melton overcoat . |
| 2 | Earlier , Dave McCullouch stated that , although this was always the case , it did n't have to be . |
| 3 | The received wisdom about reform came to be that ‘ research shows that nothing works ’ , that ‘ whatever you do to offenders makes no difference ’ , although this was always an exaggeration . |
| 4 | On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too . |
| 5 | I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess . |
| 6 | that was always a question of money , |
| 7 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 8 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |
| 9 | Drama must , perforce , have an ultimate target and destination and that was always the Clarion call to the earlier distinguished folk who trod these boards . |
| 10 | That was always the portrait that was painted by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) and I am afraid that that is occasionally true of the present Prime Minister also . |
| 11 | That was always the way we thought . |
| 12 | ‘ That was always the intention anyway . |