Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it [was/were] always [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our purpose in coming has been to give people experience and it was always going to be a hard tournament against Brazil and Germany . |
| 2 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 3 | West European governments never expected the Final Act to work an instant revolution in international affairs and it was always understood that many questions lay beyond its scope . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You 'd get bogged down and you could n't use the path and it was always overgrown in the summer . |
| 6 | Opposite Marks and Spencers bazaar was an arcade providing a short cut through to The Market although it was always closed on Sundays , with locked gates at either end . |