Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] always [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 He says that Murray always tried to help others , and it was doing just that which led to the tragedy .
2 I had a friend , she now manages the Eurythmics with her husband , but at that time , none of us needed to be in such luxury but none of us said no if it was offered and DeFries always observed the Noel Coward code and said , ‘ You should travel through life first class . ’
3 On the resumption Kilkeel were awarded three consecutive penalty corners but they were unable to add to their slender advantage , and the direct long ball tactic from Service meant that Kilkeel always had to be alert to the breakaway .
4 Neither batsman was troubled although Morris always looked the more positive player , thumping 11 fours in his 134 ball unbeaten 98 .
5 ‘ We thought that Italians always tested the silver to see if it was real . ’
6 The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord .
7 Now the old-fashioned , strong hessian is wonderful for keeping you warm and dry and John always sported three sacks — one round his waist , another over his shoulders , and the third with the corner pushed in for a hood over his head .
8 I remember making this point a couple of years ago , yeah I made this point last year and I showed these pictures , I spent about twenty minutes on it , the following week I was , I was libelously accused and it was a libel , it was a serious libel erm er that I , that I said that females always had to submit erm I was very angry about that .
9 Oddly enough this is not to say that kings always had easy access to wealth : much to the disgust of monks of St Denis , Clovis II ( 634 – 57 ) removed silver from the apse of their church , to provide alms during a famine .
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