Example sentences of "he [was/were] always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youth could n't have been an inch over five feet three , skinny with dark curly hair and flashing eyes that never seemed to be still , as if he were always on the lookout for trouble . |
| 2 | I could have had it done through the bank but he was always up town anyway so |
| 3 | He said : ‘ At Luton he was always under pressure to play football and win games . |
| 4 | Stuart had been sent to a private school , his grandparents had paid , so that he was always under an obligation , do n't waste the opportunity , do n't let people down ; not like your father , was the implication . |
| 5 | He was always under the doctor . |
| 6 | ‘ He was always about the place . |
| 7 | I think Jimi would have changed a little bit , though , because he was always into change . |
| 8 | He was always on trial in some celestial courtroom . |
| 9 | He told me he was always on the lookout for new artistes , and offered me a position with his company . |
| 10 | He was always on the watch for an affront , which he would often imagine even when it had not been intended , an easy thing for a Frenchman at a politically sensitive time . |
| 11 | Vincent lived by gusts ; he was always on the move inside himself . |
| 12 | He was always on the move , he said . |
| 13 | He was always on his own and you 'd hear him crying out . |
| 14 | A country vet , especially in the Yorkshire Dales , never had the chance to get out of condition ; he was always on the move , wrestling with the big animals , walking for miles between the fell-side barns ; he was hard and tough . |
| 15 | He had been warm-up man for the Pope on his tour of the Republic ; he was always on Irish radio and television . |
| 16 | Used to go out bloody stupid and he use to have these called Philip and he did he was always on Philip . |
| 17 | He said he was always on another planet . |
| 18 | He was always at work , always Sunday . |
| 19 | ‘ And that 's it ? ’ said her papa quietly ; he was always at his most dangerous when he was quiet . |
| 20 | He was always at a loss when people acted like this . |
| 21 | But then , he was always with her . |
| 22 | But when we came into the straight again he was always beside me , running , panting , straining to get ahead just as I was . |
| 23 | He was always against the Poet 's Pub idea . |
| 24 | He was always like two , three moves ahead . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that both mother and teacher said that he was always like this , it happened on average three times a day only after he was asked to do something other than play by himself . |
| 26 | He was always like that . |
| 27 | He was always like that when there was a row — he cried , he did n't want to hear , yet somehow he had to listen . |
| 28 | But when darkness fell , he was always in the bushes by the gate ; and waking in the night I would sometimes hear a shrill cry , ‘ Come out then ! |
| 29 | ‘ He was always in his bedroom , either reading or writing . |
| 30 | Though he was always in evidence it was invariably Madame who did all the talking , giving orders , fussing around clients , so that Paula was never quite certain what his role was . |