Example sentences of "it always [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 2 | Although Piers Place was the most beautiful house I had owned or ever would own , it always seemed to be in need of structural repairs , there was a large attic floor which we did n't need ourselves and yet were disinclined to furnish for renting out , and the traffic on the main road outside seemed to increase with every year . |
| 3 | But it always seemed to me more important from L.G. 's point of view than from ours . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , it always seemed to me that the Cathars had got pretty close to it , ’ he said . |
| 5 | He was a tall , burly man , in whose company , it always seemed to Rose , Steve looked like a prisoner . |
| 6 | Erm so it always seemed as if something else was the trigger for friendships . |
| 7 | It always seemed like a momentary aberration . |
| 8 | ‘ It always seemed like a pretty big deal to me , ’ he said . |
| 9 | And I remember one game in particular it always stuck in me mind . |
| 10 | knew it was her birthday on Halloween cos it always stuck in my mind |
| 11 | The illuminated sail was reversible , so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity . |
| 12 | It always made for a grand fightfinisher . |
| 13 | It always sounded as if one should have known , had been told before and was rather foolish to have forgotten . |
| 14 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
| 15 | thing , but to me it always looked like a barracks |
| 16 | It always banged on the desk top , each morning , before he remembered to tuck it below his tie . |
| 17 | And whenever she bought it always had to be the best . |
| 18 | but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side . |
| 19 | The present disc was made with help from the Delius Trust and certainly justifies the faith it always had in Norman Del Mar . |
| 20 | It always worked with Weenie when she had a misery . |
| 21 | It always appeared to be the busiest of the seven in the street . |
| 22 | I am aware that there was a steady decrease in the casualty figures and this was welcome to the Harris Offensive and also to the Mighty Eighth , but it always appeared to be that the Luftwaffe were just that one step ahead until , of course , the advent of D-Day and the advance of the Allies on the Continent . |
| 23 | A man who owned a needle made of octiron would never lose his way , since it always pointed to the Hub of the discworld , being acutely sensitive to the disc 's magical field , it would also miraculously dam his socks . |
| 24 | You had this lump of rock that you dangled from a thread and people discovered that it always pointed in the same direction , so if you were on board , a ship for the first time people were able to travel in a ship without having to hug a coast all the way across or navigate to where they could see . |
| 25 | We steered away from neutrality and headed for the magnificence of the Alps in the moonlight ; I always wondered if the Stirling would clear the Matterhorn and it always did with plenty to spare . |
| 26 | It always behaved for Brian . |
| 27 | But she was a kind-hearted girl and , besides , it always paid to be attentive to patients in the private wing . |
| 28 | They had had this kind of conversation before and it always ended with her frustrated and him defiant . |
| 29 | Cut off from her , with his father and stepmother both dying while he was still a young man , John several times tried to live with a man he loved , but it always ended in disappointment . |