Example sentences of "was always [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |
| 2 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 3 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 4 | She had worked for him and her mother in a variety of businesses and was always assured that she would inherit his estate when he died . |
| 5 | I remember , he was always insisting that I conduct the Prokofiev Fifth . |
| 6 | Kiku was always pretending that she hated the stares of men , but in reality she was the vainest person alive . |