Example sentences of "she [was/were] always [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jo thought the dress was gorgeous , and cunningly kind to her voluptuous shape , but she was always uncomfortable in formal clothes . |
| 2 | She was always good at everything she did . |
| 3 | She had lived too long for random encounters to bother her and she was always grateful to the Holy Spirit when He sent something unusual to stir the convent to life . |
| 4 | She was always impressed by his fame and would have liked a theatrical career . |
| 5 | She was always ace on a sewing machine . |
| 6 | She was always receptive to new ideas , and more importantly she also ‘ scattered them broadcast ’ . |
| 7 | Dexter caught a glance from Blanche : she was always intrigued by conflict or displays of strong emotion . |
| 8 | Although she showed little interest in my academic life — her energies were spent in the pursuit of foxes and Guards officers — she was always brimful of common sense on every subject under the sun , not to mention having constant contact with a string of eligible young men who seemed to arrive in a never-ending convoy at the front door of 97 Chelsea Terrace . |
| 9 | She was always sceptical about international news and found it difficult to trust the reports . |
| 10 | She was always interested in fashion , and this was her favourite shop , so it 's quite likely this would be the first place she 'd come to . ’ |
| 11 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 12 | She was accused of not taking a stand on feminism or civil rights , but thinks she was always clear about those issues . |
| 13 | Sally-Anne was delighted by his changed manner ; he always looked so charming when he smiled — even the scar seemed to disappear a little , and as she was always ready for fun herself — a trait she shared with her papa — and the game looked like being fun , she said , eyes shining , ‘ Oh , I play to win , too , but a good servant always does what the Master commands , ’ and she cast her eyes down in the manner of a stage domestic registering submission . |
| 14 | She was always eager for her turn on the catwalk to be over but tonight she breathed an audible sigh of relief as the show ended . |
| 15 | She was always quick on the uptake but she had never got at him before . |
| 16 | He had hoped to impress her , and , though I knew this was the wrong way to go about it , since she was always embarrassed by emotional arguments , when she replied in a stiff , rather guarded way , I was deeply hurt on his behalf . |
| 17 | She was always prepared to the utmost and if she felt she had been given good advice , then she took it immediately . |
| 18 | She was always busy with these pages , working out the correct day for planting date trees , for pollinating or foretelling the week when the pods would burst and the golden maidenhair would tumble out into the sun , each hair holding the promise of a cluster of dates . |
| 19 | She was always true to herself , her working-class identity powered her creative anger , she would never allow ‘ class ’ to be ignored . |
| 20 | She was always jealous of me , always . |
| 21 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 22 | ‘ The further the better , ’ I would tell him , but he never laughed , just reminded me that she was always top in every subject |
| 23 | She was always wary of dogs . |
| 24 | She was always surprised by the strength in such a compact body . |
| 25 | She was always moaning and complaining , she was always ill with something , then she died of leukaemia . ’ |