Example sentences of "was always [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same burden Northumberland was always singing in the north , and Hotspur from whichever front of his double responsibility was occupying his immediate attention . |
| 2 | His peaked cap was always bent at the most killing angle , his flying boots a bit dirty and his leather jacket perennially open . |
| 3 | These modes of thought are so deeply embedded in the collective conscious that ten years after the amalgamations , when the chief constable ( from the south ) replaced the flat cap with helmets , a number of ex-city men could not discuss the impending change without exhibiting distress and described this event as being something of an Armageddon , even though the expensive guard-style cap of the pre-amalgamation days had long since given way to what was always derided as ‘ a cheap and nasty alternative ’ . |
| 4 | She probably told the whole village that the doctor 's wife was always complaining to the local shopkeepers . ’ |
| 5 | It was settled by charge card , and that was always debited from his bank in Jordan . |
| 6 | Even thereafter , when factional purges were regular , Bubwith was always named to the council . |
| 7 | Music was always played at concert pitch in our house . |
| 8 | The boy 's contemptuous : ‘ No ! ’ was always accepted without comment , and with no attempt at persuasion ; but each night a soft , sidelong , tormenting smile recognised the growing reluctance and diminishing arrogance with which he spat the refusal at his questioner . |
| 9 | He loved her humour and the fact that she treated him as an equal , although their business was always conducted on the most formal lines . |
| 10 | The Chief Met Officer , Wing Commander Thomas , or ‘ Tommy ’ as he was always called by us behind his back , was immensely popular but a strict disciplinarian . |
| 11 | Looking after the ‘ tribe ’ is the number one priority , but Mary was always looking at ways of continuing her artistic leanings and it was to heraldry that she returned , this time with more than a hint of aviation to it ! |
| 12 | Everyone always wanted to talk to Lucy and listen to what she had to say , everyone was always looking at her . |
| 13 | He was always looking at his private parts . |
| 14 | He was always looking at his watch and saying he 'd have to go and — ’ |
| 15 | He was always looking for the catch . |
| 16 | He was always looking for the beginning of something , and he had the energy of someone starting their career . |
| 17 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 18 | ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 19 | She was always looking for quick weight-loss diets . |
| 20 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 21 | But he was always looking for something extra off the ice too , through dare-devil exploits like deep sea diving and motor racing . |
| 22 | This plea was always followed by laughter . |
| 23 | For the second group , A was always followed by events having comparable strength ( X and Y were both reinforced on 50 per cent of occasions ) . |
| 24 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 25 | The second new constraint arises from the fact that Mr Clinton was always fated to be something of a weak president . |
| 26 | The Minimalist 's notion of site specificity was always limited to the room , the perfect white cube . |
| 27 | Maisie , in her turn , was always hanging around the school . |
| 28 | Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes . |
| 29 | He was always getting into trouble . |
| 30 | The Gruff 's had a marmalade tom cat that was always getting into trouble . |