Example sentences of "people were always [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hated the way people were always ringing her up , and she was always saying , ‘ How lovely ! ’ and ‘ I 'll be there by two , I promise , darling . ’ |
| 2 | People were always picking up hitch-hikers . |
| 3 | People were always telling you things . |
| 4 | Or maybe people were always popping in here for 10 grams of thallium . |
| 5 | People were always taking him in hand , hoping to reform him , to make him conform to their own self-centred ideal of what he should be . |
| 6 | Bloody people were always eating . |
| 7 | People were always coming into the shop looking for things to copy . |
| 8 | People were always saying things were over . |
| 9 | ‘ It was funny , people were always saying things about her , about how she 'd come to no good — ’ He stopped again . |
| 10 | People were always saying so . |