Example sentences of "[was/were] always on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just passed them out to crazy people and artistes and people who were always on the scene in New York . |
| 2 | They were a difficult band to manage because they were always on the brink of breaking up . |
| 3 | While the splendid John Devereux improved his chances of being named in today 's Great Britain touring squad to Australia , with a fine display from his old rugby union position of centre , they were without too many of their creative players to open a hard-tackling defence which absorbed the pressure and were always on the lookout for the counter-attack . |
| 4 | Both Mr and Mrs Tiller were always on the lookout for any child or woman with potential . |
| 5 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 6 | It must be hell to be her , with her crazy parents who were always on the scrounge , though she did n't seem even to be aware of her situation . |
| 7 | They were always on the subject of war anyway . |
| 8 | Fisher Row was similar to some of the contemporary rural communities which have been studied in depth in that it had a stable core of local families which remained for generation after generation while another group which included carters , drovers and seasonal workers who found cheap lodgings in the parish were always on the move . |
| 9 | The youth could n't have been an inch over five feet three , skinny with dark curly hair and flashing eyes that never seemed to be still , as if he were always on the lookout for trouble . |
| 10 | He and Chris Grant , on The Thinker , jumped the last together , but it was always on the cards that McCourt would have the upper hand . |
| 11 | Anthony was always on the phone , rushing about like a bull in a china shop , or lying in bed till twelve with one or other of his girlfriends . |
| 12 | Friends and neighbours saw a conscientious and hard-working mother who never seemed to sit down , and was always on the go , and kept herself to herself . |
| 13 | She was always on the alert for a scene of frustration between husband and wife . |
| 14 | This was a critical factory over the ensuing years , when a run on capital was always on the cards , especially in the slump period of the 20 's and 30's . |
| 15 | He had a passionate concern for the welfare of football in general , and was always on the lookout for ways to make it more efficient , more attractive and more popular , although naturally he wanted Arsenal to be in the forefront . |
| 16 | He told me he was always on the lookout for new artistes , and offered me a position with his company . |
| 17 | He was always on the watch for an affront , which he would often imagine even when it had not been intended , an easy thing for a Frenchman at a politically sensitive time . |
| 18 | As a member of the National Association of Young Cricketers Executive Committee , he arranged the Esso sponsorship of the NAYC Oxford and Cambridge Festivals virtually on his own and was always on the lookout for promising young players . |
| 19 | We was always on the edge anyway . |
| 20 | Vincent lived by gusts ; he was always on the move inside himself . |
| 21 | He was always on the move , he said . |
| 22 | I had peripherally helped out at anti-apartheid offices , even gone on CND Easter Marches when I first came over , but it was always on the sidelines . |
| 23 | Such a victory was always on the cards , for Miss Albano stood only 10 places above her British counterpart in the world rankings , at 456 . |
| 24 | The impetus for the film to be made came from Paul Muni , who was always on the look-out for suitable social themes . |
| 25 | The insistence on history as a totality , necessary if historical materialism is to justify itself as true , left Marxism with a fragile category that from the very first was always on the point of breaking apart . |
| 26 | It is more appropriate to accept the view of D. P. Walker that magic was always on the point of turning into art , science , practical psychology , or , above all , religion . |
| 27 | For this reason Henry II was always on the lookout for excuses and opportunities to intervene in Berry . |
| 28 | He was man who was always on the point of launching some immense enterprise , a few of which indeed came off while others ended disastrously . |
| 29 | Anne felt that she considered her a green fool , and Mabel was indignant that Hetty was very ready to accept the ‘ perks ’ of the job , such as the cakes and bread given to the staff by Mrs Dyson , and the extra money from Mr Dyson , but was always on the alert for any infringement of her rights . |
| 30 | A country vet , especially in the Yorkshire Dales , never had the chance to get out of condition ; he was always on the move , wrestling with the big animals , walking for miles between the fell-side barns ; he was hard and tough . |