Example sentences of "always [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However hard he tried , he somehow always failed to be the son she wanted ; the son she truly deserved . |
| 2 | ‘ We always tried to be one step ahead , but it 's almost its own pigeon hole now . |
| 3 | He always tried to be reasonable and logical in his arguments , but he knew reason and logic would be wasted on Walter Carew . |
| 4 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 5 | Simon is a devoted dad who always tried to be around as much as possible . |
| 6 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 7 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |
| 8 | It 's hard to tell , cos I always seemed to be awake , but then I remember waking up with a jump when this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 9 | The likeliest alternative always seemed to be worse . |
| 10 | He turned , bewildered , and saw a big man with spiky grey hair , a tanned skin and eyes that later always seemed to be the colour of phlegm . |
| 11 | They always seemed to be beyond the next corner or in the next room . |
| 12 | . We always seemed to be lucky in that way . ’ |
| 13 | When he was well , he always seemed to be in demand and was proud to have worked on the Salisbury Cathedral restoration in the 1860 s , carried out under the direction of the great Victorian architect , Sir Gilbert Scott . |
| 14 | He always seemed to be picking on me . |
| 15 | It was true if you had an American boyfriend you stood to gain quite a bit in material goods , as their PX always seemed to be well stocked with food and silk stockings , cigarettes and make-up — all things in short supply in England — and for this reason if nothing else the Yanks were never short of female company . |
| 16 | Joan Halton is disturbed by an old guilt related to the underlying resentment and fury she felt in respect of her younger sister who always seemed to be allowed to come first . |
| 17 | Everything always seemed to be crap for actors and you just had to put up with it — while the present corruption continued . |
| 18 | So they worry , and look back with longing to the good old , bad old days , when there always seemed to be a kind and sturdy neighbour nearby who was willing to pop in to lend a hand to the elderly and disabled , in the closer-knit communities of their youth . |
| 19 | He was certainly an attractive man , with bright , smiling eyes and a face which always seemed to be on the point of laughter . |
| 20 | Tamar always seemed to be in a bad mood recently and he was at a loss to discover the reason . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 22 | It was in those days , when Margaret was still alive , that I gave my former colleague Peter Duval-Smith — whose private life and whose work as an academic journalist always seemed to be equally chaotic — the introduction to Braemar Mansions that he so much wanted . |
| 23 | I remember some other kids , a girls ' dorm , green-painted walls with a red border half-way up , a stiff roller-towel next to a wash-hand-basin , the scent of carbolic soap , hugs from a kind , laughing lady with large arms and the comforting smell of B.O. , and a small , quiet , wiry man who always seemed to be sweeping and winking . |
| 24 | And he always seemed to be campaigning vigorously and futilely for some boy or other who had been sent to borstal for a criminal offence . |
| 25 | Back in his hometown of Cork , Fergus always seemed to be floating in the wake of the other noted Cork scrum-half , Michael Bradley . |
| 26 | Some people might say I do n't show any emotion but every time a goal went in there always seemed to be a picture of someone jumping up from the bench . |
| 27 | I had to speak to accountants , asking for information and so on , and they always seemed to be out at lunch , whether it was 10 in the morning or five in the afternoon . |
| 28 | Although Piers Place was the most beautiful house I had owned or ever would own , it always seemed to be in need of structural repairs , there was a large attic floor which we did n't need ourselves and yet were disinclined to furnish for renting out , and the traffic on the main road outside seemed to increase with every year . |
| 29 | I ca n't ever recall even meeting a priest when I was at United , though there always seemed to be plenty of them around . |
| 30 | with black fillings , and long ratty hair that always seemed to be just coming out of a perm . |