Example sentences of "we [was/were] always [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and about fifteen of the erm eight , eight , five troop chasing after me , it was like our sister troop yeah , we were , there was three troops in our squadron , eight , eight , five , eight , eight , six and eighty , eighty , seven and then there was three squadrons and a regiments , there was nine troops there , so like , if it , basically it was your troop and nobody else , but then it was your squadron and , and anybody else and then the few times that I , on regiment it was your regiment and nobody else , like , we could touch you cos your our regiment but if you try and touch us , you can get fucking hell , but it nearly always come down to the troops , and the thing is eight , eight , six , only had , the first year that I was there we 'd only had about thirty people , fourth year there had I opposed like fifty , sixty and seventy , second year we were there we had about forty- five opposed to like sixty , seventy , eighty , and the third year there we had about fifty opposed like fucking seventy , eighty and ninety in a , in a troop , so we were always well out numbered and we were by far the most outrageous |
| 2 | When chasing the game we were always succeptable to the counter attack and conceded 2 goals on the break , whilst the other was another mistake . |
| 3 | If he was at home we were always welcome in his study . |
| 4 | On our more active days , when we had a go at volleyball or windsurfing at the beach , we were always ready for the 4 o'clock ‘ after beach ’ party at the poolside where the animation team served coffee , cakes and liqueurs at special prices and hosted games and competitions . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , being normal healthy females we were always interested in the opposite sex and the general shortage of men in the country did not apply on bomber stations , where certain jobs such as Fitter , Armourer , Heavy Vehicle Driver , Electrician , and all occupations involving the handling of tools and machinery were still mainly considered the prerogative of men . |
| 6 | We were always hungry in wartime . |
| 7 | We were always short of money . |
| 8 | ‘ My father never glorified war , but we were always aware of a tradition of service . ’ |
| 9 | My father never glorified war , but we were always aware of the traditions of service and the military traditions of the family and in his generation my father was the exemplar . |
| 10 | Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere . |
| 11 | We was always full of customers . |