Example sentences of "i [was/were] always [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was always wanted for something , and I was never in one place for too long . |
| 2 | I was always struck by the eunuchs ' lack of bitterness . |
| 3 | I was always fascinated with harmony , anyway , from the '60s records that I grew up with — the Everly Brothers , Buddy Holly and the Crickets . |
| 4 | I was always fascinated by the effect of the sustain pedal — you know , the way you can run one note into another , something like a harp sound . |
| 5 | When I was a child and had never even heard the word ‘ regression ’ , I was always fascinated by anything to do with the Tudor period of English history . |
| 6 | His researches go back to the 1950s : ‘ I was always fascinated by history — I spent five years as an architecture student and the reason why I did n't get through was that by the end I was much more interested in the history of architecture than other aspects of the subject , ’ he recalls . |
| 7 | When I regained control , telling myself , ‘ It 's OK , you 're not taped , you 're not in the truck , ’ I was always left with a residue of remembered fear , which built up in the back of my mind . |
| 8 | Miss Young was Ian 's teacher , not mine , but from time to time she used to read to our class ; and I was always captivated by her stories . |
| 9 | I was always described as the heretic at school , a designation which was theologically accurate enough and did n't particularly disturb me ; it seemed a not unkind acknowledgement of whatever distances I carried with me . |
| 10 | I was always attracted by the lifestyle of a nun , particularly that of a contemplative . |
| 11 | ‘ I was always pissed off that , intellectually , we were looked down upon . |
| 12 | I was always greeted with warmth and affection . |
| 13 | The stair of my billet creaked , however , and no matter how carefully I tiptoed , in the morning I was always greeted with , ‘ We heard you come in last night ’ , and of course I felt guilty , especially as we could not defend ourselves , having to pretend that our work was of no account . |
| 14 | I was always surrounded by strong images — the image of the café , how it looked and the service it provided . |
| 15 | I was always allowed into my mother 's room , despite the secrets . |