Example sentences of "always [vb past] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always asked people in the streets or markets if they minded my drawing from a certain position . |
| 2 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 3 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 4 | So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ? |
| 5 | Every month , we got this cost of living , course it did n't er it did n't er fluctuate like it did in more recent years , but it was a safeguard and we always got increases on top of that like piece work increase and and er it it was a it was a good union , it you know . |
| 6 | A. T. You always got respect from the people on the ground . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 9 | But , as he always found room in his life for north Oxfordshire and his family , he also enjoyed setting down some of his local preoccupations and irritations . |
| 10 | However , he always retained control over the issues that he regarded as most important ( which is not to say that they were necessarily the most important in an objective sense ) . |
| 11 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 12 | On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ . |
| 13 | Because I was loud and had red hair , I always played hookers in TV series like Bergerac , The Sweeney , Fox and Minder . ’ |
| 14 | I was at Nottingham Grammar School , I always came top in science , and literature , and I loved reading and learning , which I knew would be vital to become a doctor . |
| 15 | As I have written elsewhere , ‘ for one who was in perpetual self-inquisition he was remarkably outward-looking , and always showed interest in other people 's activities ’ . |
| 16 | Charles hated the place so much he always arranged meetings in pubs , and never took anyone there . |
| 17 | At this time of his life he always called Fisher behind his back Halieus , which is Greek for fisher . |
| 18 | And I always watched Wimbledon on the telly , even if it was just to see the lady players in those short skirts ( apart from old ‘ muscles ’ Navratilova ! ) . |
| 19 | ‘ He always kept bottles of champagne in his fridge at work and he moved in very high-society circles . |
| 20 | There 's just one more bit of proof and that 'll be in the locked drawer of his desk , because I remember you saying he was like your father in that way : he always kept part of his desk locked up . ’ |
| 21 | Delaney had , since his young wife , Pam , who always worried stiff at his parachuting , had died underneath a juggernaut , with the son she would have given life to in one month 's time . |
| 22 | But when I pushed open the gate into the yard on my return , I always saw Jean-Claude at the window . |
| 23 | ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it . |
| 24 | Jack always saw Piggy as a burden and if it had not been for Piggy 's spectacles Piggy would have been even more hated by Jack . |
| 25 | George 's glib lies always took Libby by surprise , while she was still thinking . |
| 26 | Her ladyship always took advice from art historians before she would even change as much the piping on a cushion . |
| 27 | Meetings therefore always took place at five-thirty in the evening , a time when a politician , a lawyer or a captain of industry might be expected to be able to get away from his office for an important private occasion . |
| 28 | The patronal festival of the parish church of St Peter of Tankersley should be the 29th June , but Tankersley Feast always took place during the second week of July . |
| 29 | Furthermore it was suggested to her mother that Kim 's activity and feeding the baby always took place in the same room so that her mother could provide verbal prompts and on-going comments . |
| 30 | The conferences always took place in the same room ( the Salle des Fêtes in the Elysée ) and followed a very formal procedure . |