Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] always [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was always fighting my weight , ’ he says , though now the battle seems lost . |
| 2 | But it got to the stage where I could n't enjoy the game because someone was always rubbing my head and saying ‘ How are you doing , Sinbad ? ’ ' |
| 3 | But she was always changing her mind about that too Sometimes the sixth dot was her star , the one she was going home to , when the ship came for her . |
| 4 | She was always letting her idealism get in the way of practicalities . |
| 5 | But if they were always selling their stock at genuine bargain prices , they would never make any money . |
| 6 | He was always watering his ale , and so many of the villages believe his body should be buried in water . |
| 7 | So vivid was her imagination that she became adept at having conversations with him in which he was always making her laugh , always being to her the sort of person she longed to have as a life companion . |
| 8 | His mannerisms were lovely — he was always putting his arm around me . |