Example sentences of "that [was/were] always [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess . |
| 2 | that was always a question of money , |
| 3 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 4 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |
| 5 | Drama must , perforce , have an ultimate target and destination and that was always the Clarion call to the earlier distinguished folk who trod these boards . |
| 6 | That was always the portrait that was painted by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) and I am afraid that that is occasionally true of the present Prime Minister also . |
| 7 | That was always the way we thought . |
| 8 | ‘ That was always the intention anyway . |