Example sentences of "they [was/were] always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a difficult band to manage because they were always on the brink of breaking up . |
| 2 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 3 | They were they never worked on the same paper , they were always on |
| 4 | They were always on the subject of war anyway . |
| 5 | Despite having the smaller pack , they were always on top in the scrums and scored two pushover tries , both touched down by McGrath . |
| 6 | Individually they were always at pains to stress the provisional nature of the conceptual apparatus , and their flexibility can be seen in the way in which the theory evolved to include new topics such as narrative and literary history . |
| 7 | Their clothes were expensive and had cigarette burns in them , their licenses had been taken away from them , their faces showed signs of what is known as the ruins of great beauty , they were always in various stages of depression ; and , being the way they were , this had the effect of making them exceedingly witty with the scaffold humour that Lydia preferred . |
| 8 | Er they supported me and canvassed for me when I was putting up , but I ca n't see them going , whereas I can remember the erm the when I was a child going to the , we used to have a fete and it was a politically , I ca n't remember exactly what it would be called , but I know mother and the Guild were always there making the tea and got a stall and they were always in the forefront and they 'd always got their rosettes on . |
| 9 | That was the terrible thing about wolves : you could never tell where they were because they were always in disguise . |
| 10 | well they were always against me , well Bill was during the war , what I 'd done to them , finished all the decorating , put shelves up , go on the slate to put his aerial up , he would n't go up , I had to climb out my bedroom window onto the gutter and its a wonder I did n't kill myself then , put his aerial up and |
| 11 | But perhaps they were always like this . |
| 12 | ‘ They was always in a hurry , but they did n't do anything properly . |
| 13 | They was always in there Saturday afternoons , you see , then |
| 14 | Lady Grubb 's invitations to them were always by letter , and led to a file of correspondence because she enjoyed making microscopic changes of plan . |