Example sentences of "were always [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The island county offered a stubborn reply but were always chasing a target well out of their reach and finally fell short on 155 all out . |
| 2 | ‘ Thereafter we were always chasing the match and late on we gave a try away after attempting to break out of defence . ’ |
| 3 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 4 | They were always having a go , the hard men , those who 'd blow up the Pope if they thought it would help the cause . |
| 5 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |