Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] always [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had done the score for Warren for Reds and I 'd never quite finished it , so I always felt I owed him one . ’ |
| 2 | She was born in Middlesbrough and her parents and family were from Skelton , so I always assumed it to be a North Yorkshire expression . |
| 3 | I 'd had enough of my hair looking like a toilet brush , so I always had it cut short — like Ronnie Lane 's of course — which was less hassle . |
| 4 | She had nagged at her mother for insisting on cooking everything herself , although she always did it , however formal the occasion or long the guest list , she had gone on and on until Mrs Roberts had snapped back in her turn , furiously . |
| 5 | And how often those opinions can really surprise us ; a young woman patient who had four hearty older brothers told me that , although they always treated her well , she always felt completely insignificant beside them . |
| 6 | Although he always sent her out with new clothes that should have made her embody his idea of elegance , he was resigned to the fact that she would return in a version far removed from his original concept . |
| 7 | I could get tired of even roulette if I always played it in the same place . ’ |
| 8 | It seems funny having it going out at the sides cos I always had it |
| 9 | Like she always said she 'd be . " |
| 10 | she was her cos we always remembered her . |
| 11 | He nods morosely , as if he always knew I would leave him , and he tries to impress on me that I have to disappear out of sight . |
| 12 | Well I went out with him once , right , and I fucking hate him cos he always thought he was so lovely that no woman was good enough for him . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a good match and because I always felt I had a chance to break Byron I was not too unhappy when I went 3–0 down in the last set . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was puppy-fat because she always said she was very young , though she did n't look it . |
| 15 | Gloria poured her a spoonful from each bottle every day and said that 's why she was tough as old boots , because she always swallowed it down like a good girl . |
| 16 | And very upset that she looked so awful because we always thought she looked so lovely . |
| 17 | Most of the older boys agreed with Jack and believed that Piggy was a middle-aged wet blanket because he always thought he knew best about everything . |
| 18 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 19 | No , he would n't be likely to notice Cedric 's complaint since he always saw him out of doors . |
| 20 | Thee and thou were s a term implied intimacy and affection and closeness the thee and thou as far as I always understood it . |
| 21 | Crabtree and Evelyn is not a name I would instantly associate with culinary excellence — though I always knew they could make you smell nice . |
| 22 | In other parts of the Group , the profits of Direct Line have taken off as we always said they would . |
| 23 | Elaine was your mother , as we always told you . ’ |
| 24 | Brittain said : ‘ User Friendly showed she is as good as we always thought she was . |
| 25 | The aunt had told Grandma ( or Jane , as they always called her ) that she was being ‘ used ’ . |
| 26 | Then a long-shot from behind Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder as he forced open the dining-room door , saw the scene of Tick advancing menacingly on his beloved ( or ‘ that silly bitch ’ , as he always called her off the set ) , raised his pistol , cried , ‘ No , you monster ’ and shot the deformed coachman . |
| 27 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |