Example sentences of "he always [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He always went to sleep with his still burning , so he got through a lot more than she did .
2 ( 'Load of nonsense , ’ he always said about television ; nonetheless , he liked to have it on . )
3 Would he marry Clara Delluc , the least celebrated of his mistresses , and the one to whom he always returned after forays elsewhere ?
4 It was a place he visited often , at night , a place where he always felt at peace .
5 Well , in theory he was doing what he was supposed to do since this was the time of day he always spent with Katrine and he had been told not to vary the routine .
6 Edward Haddon says he always dreamed of rowing for Oxford and is looking forward to the challenge .
7 Peter seized the black document-wallet he always took to meetings .
8 And he always dressed in rags .
9 Burton dug into himself and , as he always did with work he reverenced , laid all he had at the service of the part .
10 He always referred to Saeed as his son , never ours .
11 The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back .
12 He always stayed at Le Richemond , one of the few hotels still in private hands in Geneva .
13 True , he was an All-State footballer which gave him some excitement and fun ; but he always stayed in Neptune with Lorraine and with Mud .
14 The subject fascinated him ; he always talked about money ; but did it with such an ingenuous enthusiasm that the effect was not alienating .
15 To quote the memoirs : ‘ … on Sunday the 4th August 1793 , after having finished the morning duty he always performed in person , of visiting , prescribing for , and superintending the dressing of the wounds of the horses in the infirmary , he sat down to continue his treatise on the outward conformation of the horse , a work he intended for publication : in a short time he informed Mrs. Vial that he felt himself extremely ill complaining of cold to a degree of shivering , attended with a violent headach [ sic ] , and great thirst .
16 He always paid by credit card and he always kept the receipts for his accountant .
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