Example sentences of "they always [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you remember , the girl said they always wore leather gloves . |
| 2 | And it 's quite true , I was there about four years and they always took stock before January the first , so that after Christmas came an anomaly , we 'd had a Christmas holiday and gone back to work . |
| 3 | They always had bidding for the funeral and sometimes the family would write out the the bids . |
| 4 | They always had money because they left school early and went to work , mainly as builders and labourers . |
| 5 | They always had money , that sort . |
| 6 | We used to have an hour and a quarter fro lunch , half an hour for tea , and we used to er have to get the principal 's tea ready and in the midmorning they always had tea made of milk . |
| 7 | They always had dinner at night , about seven . |
| 8 | And I was always saying to the girls at school for heavens sake keep your hair back , it 's only bunches , whatever , back when they was younger they always had plait or bunches , . |
| 9 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 10 | A thought seemed to strike Maria and she added , ‘ They always spoke English together , but once I overheard Signor Diomede remark in Italian how little she had changed . ’ |