Example sentences of "it [was/were] always the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had always argued against sit-ins and ‘ direct action ’ against campus property as it was always the poor bloody infantry — the cleaners , maintenance men and secretaries — who got the rough end of the pineapple , never the generals in command . |
| 2 | It was always the other way round , and when he found overnight fame , he clung to it with both hands and worried sometimes that it would go away again . |
| 3 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 4 | It was always the softest grey-green , with sometimes a haze of yellow at the edges , sometimes a tinge of brown . |
| 5 | Yah , they 're taking it off the satellite and it used to be there was always the seven o'clock news , except in central side when it was always the six o'clock news , but now it 's on at like any old time , five thirty , six thirty , seven . |
| 6 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 7 | It was always the same shape and size , built , it seemed , solely for the transportation of cheese rolls . |
| 8 | It was always the same — bread and dripping or , when the bread was very old , blackish toast and dripping . |
| 9 | Madame was our constant ; against the fact that she never changed her style or her outfit ( it was always the same dress , every night ) you could measure the changes in all the other faces and bodies that you spent the night scrutinising — faces subtly altered by a recent bitterness or passion , a body sagging under the pressure of losing a partner or made alert by the proximity of a new or potential one . |
| 10 | It was always the same when he went home : Dad did n't stop talking until his voice hurt . |
| 11 | It was always the same — they say that the shoemaker 's children are never shod . |
| 12 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 13 | It was always the same . |
| 14 | It was always the same when he came out of there , he thought there was an itch at his back as if he had been touched . |
| 15 | It was always the same . |
| 16 | It was always the same when trade was booming at the local wharves , and as the convoys of horsecarts and lorries lined up along Cotton Lane so the cafe became even fuller . |
| 17 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 18 | Lizzy would be allowed to get away with blue murder while her father was around , it was always the same , then when he swanned off again , it would be left to Kate to pick up the pieces and get back some kind of equilibrium . |
| 19 | It was always the same in the holiday season . |
| 20 | ‘ It was always the same , ’ Helen said . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war . |
| 22 | With Pamela it was always the same — do n't worry , we do n't need it , the bills are all covered , I can take care of everything — but Josie would rather have packed her bags and moved out than go along with such a line . |
| 23 | It was always the same when he reached a certain stage in a difficult case . |
| 24 | It was always the same with him . |
| 25 | It was always the same wherever he went — people were drawn inexorably to him , as though some of his charisma could rub off on them if they could just get close enough . |
| 26 | But then , in matters of that sort it was always the same , and thinking of Charley , she began to cry . |
| 27 | Yeah , erm , I was going to is that erm it was always the same , two jobs down so it was due to go his boss would have then I 've been there as well cos he 's caused such a stink |
| 28 | It was always the same ? |