Example sentences of "always [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 2 | The officials of the chapel were the arch-chaplain or arch-chancellor , its honorific head , who was always an archbishop , and from the late tenth century always archbishop of Mainz , and the chancellor , who nearly always became a bishop and commonly an archbishop . |
| 3 | ‘ Mrs Dingle always 'ad a clay pipe stuck in 'er gob . |
| 4 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 5 | The specialist and the generic teams made substantially more recommendations of ‘ no further action ’ following assessment than the individual specialist , who always recommended a service . |
| 6 | ‘ No , straight up , he always rode a pushbike . |
| 7 | Sabrina always got a kick out of the swivelling bookcase ; it was like something out of a Boris Karloff film . |
| 8 | And then that 's another thing he always got something to eat which was a great help of those days , and especially if there was If mother was baking or anything like that he always got a scone or something , mhm . |
| 9 | This always got a laugh . |
| 10 | Rudeness to Clarissa always got a reaction from Charles . |
| 11 | When she went to the doctor for time off work , she always got a morning appointment and missed out coffee and cigarettes . |
| 12 | It always kindled a glow of security and peace when he called her that , however casually . |
| 13 | Their own house in those days , a step up the social ladder from Gran 's , had its own indoor toilet , a dark narrow room off the half-landing that always niffed a bit , however much Sanilav and Dettol his mother poured into the bowl . |
| 14 | He teased me about the way in which I always created a background for these exhibitions , isolating them from their surroundings , by arranging a roll of six feet high gray or white corrugated card in columns and bays . |
| 15 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 16 | It always seemed a waste to use up a couple of Gold Flake this way , but I always forget to buy cheaper cigarettes and anyway , the corner tabs on the cardboard packets make excellent roaches . |
| 17 | At the moment it was the traditional tale of going up to Jackson 's at 10 in the morning after an all-night session at Dobell 's — wine we drank in those days , Poppet , wine that was wine not this filthy MUCK — and demanding double portions of oysters all round and when it came to pay no one had a penny , so Dobell , who even then still had the charm of a boy of twenty , and a slim waist to go with it , said he would bring in one of the engravings from his collection , and Gaston , who always recognised a gentleman — not like the CLODS who run hostelries nowadays — with tears in his eyes said it was an honour , an honour to serve Mr Dobell and his friends . |
| 18 | At any rate , Joe would be pleased ; he always relished a bit of publicity for his authors . |
| 19 | If you made a Day of the Dead cake at home you always hid a coin in it , and the person who found it was supposed to live for ever . |
| 20 | you always paid a bit e extra and he 'd er fetch your glasses and bring another one . |
| 21 | The parliaments of 1931 and 1935 contained an unprecedented number of groups and remnants , apart from the solid bloc of Conservatives who always constituted a majority . |
| 22 | He always began a portrait with the eyes . |
| 23 | Poor old John , he had never drunk really heavily , although he always enjoyed a drink . |
| 24 | And he always enjoyed a laugh . |
| 25 | It was also a great relief to recognize Dr Lloyd , who Mrs Reed called in for her servants ( she always called a specialist for herself and the children ) . |
| 26 | She always needed a sleep after therapy . |
| 27 | When government ministers talked during the mid-1980s about their justification for nuclear power , it nearly always included a catalogue of fearful threats which started with OPEC and ended with Scargill . |
| 28 | He always kept a clove or garlic in his mouth , incense in his ears , and a stalk of rue sticking out of each nostril . |
| 29 | He always kept a distance from her , but she felt sure he knew who she was . |
| 30 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |