Example sentences of "i [was/were] always [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I belonged to that great multitude who could n't help liking Dick Crossman : he and I were always nice to one another , right to the day in 1974 shortly before his death when he came to the Birmingham Bull Ring in acute physical discomfort to hear me advise my fellow-electors to vote Labour if they wanted out of the Common Market . |
| 2 | Every Sunday I took certain Christian services , and I was always available for individual Christian clergy who wanted friendship and advice . |
| 3 | Having inherited my Mother 's artistic streak and my Grandfather 's practical one , I was always good at decorating and sewing . |
| 4 | ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |
| 6 | I was always impressed by the quality of the students ' preparation for the lessons I observed on my weekly visits to them and by their willing capacity to learn by their mistakes . |
| 7 | As I 've said , I was always grateful to Verdi . |
| 8 | I met a lot of people at my parents ' house , including many people of real ability , and that I was always grateful for . |
| 9 | I was always involved in tree planting and general countryside employment before getting a job as Field Officer when Scottish Conservation Projects came into existence in 1984 . |
| 10 | No I was always used to it , I was brought up with it , you see . |
| 11 | I was always keen on dressing up and going out to meet my friends . |
| 12 | And I was always cross-examined over the breakfast table . |
| 13 | ‘ I was always frightened of the way I felt , I think because I knew without really understanding it that you could … you could own me , Luke . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I was always happy in the theatre . |
| 15 | ‘ Though I was always aware of his political activities , I never thought of him as absent . |
| 16 | We were living quite near a saddler 's shop in Debenham , and I was always interested in it . |
| 17 | I was always cold at Binbrook . |
| 18 | ‘ The other kids at school thought I was a real wimp but they accepted me because I was always cheeky to the teachers . |
| 19 | I was always flippant about it . ’ |
| 20 | The three of us cleaned our plates pretty thoroughly , because morning is the busiest working time in practice and I was always famished by midday . |
| 21 | I was always surprised in the old days that Margaret did n't carve ) , and a large potato in its jacket . |
| 22 | ‘ I was always afraid of things which worked the first time . ’ |
| 23 | I was always afraid of me father . |
| 24 | I mean , I 'm sure my mother does but I never believed her , I was always afraid of being like her and I 'm such a disappointment to her , so hopeless and not beautiful , not like my grandmother . |