Example sentences of "we always [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er inevitably of course , we always fell to the secretary you see . |
| 2 | There was no kitchen but then we always ate at the market . |
| 3 | We always thought of Headline as a big company in embryo rather than as a little company . |
| 4 | In the Berlin orchestra we always looked for greater knowledge and better players but maintaining standards is always going to be difficult . |
| 5 | We always played before the Queen at Christmas . |
| 6 | The building was always damp , cold and we always suffered from chilblains in winter … ’ |
| 7 | I went round to their place again and we had toast and tea with real cow 's milk , not the Handy Brand condensed milk we always had at home . |
| 8 | We always had to be properly dressed even in the wee small hours when we were only looking forward to being relieved so we could fall into bed . |
| 9 | ‘ We always had to be aware where their main dangers were coming from and defensively we did that . |
| 10 | Because of our volunteer system and our love of the job I think we always succeeded in this aim . |
| 11 | . We always seemed to be lucky in that way . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 13 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 14 | We always travelled like that ; Seton 's task was to ensure that there were no obstacles . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was coming home with three lovely black horses which we always used on the road ; and I used to glory in trimming them up , because they wore the worsted — red , white and blue — and they used to look lovely . |
| 16 | We always depended on free transfers and Nigel has made some super captures . |
| 17 | We always referred to them as those ladies of the stage . |
| 18 | Although we always spoke of our ‘ free ’ power , the installation , the building of the turbine house and all the tunnelling had , in fact , cost quite a bit . |
| 19 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 20 | No undue force was necessary , and we always rewarded with TLC and a tit-bit . |
| 21 | ‘ We always tried to be one step ahead , but it 's almost its own pigeon hole now . |
| 22 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 23 | We always tried in ICI to offer people jobs elsewhere in the company whenever we could . |