Example sentences of "[pron] always [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Y'know , I always had a home to go to . |
| 2 | There were sometimes dangerous people near Haworth , so I always had a gun in the house . |
| 3 | I always had a sort of inclination towards buildings , architecture and that sort of thing . |
| 4 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |
| 5 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 6 | That episode made me quickly learn how to repair a puncture and from that time on I always carried a repair outfit . |
| 7 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 8 | ‘ As a child I always wore a jet necklace and cross , ’ recalls Mabel McMillan . |
| 9 | ‘ Through my early years , I always did a lot of running and I came to the conclusion that that was the reason for my injuries . |
| 10 | I always wanted a toy boy . |
| 11 | He teased me about the way in which I always created a background for these exhibitions , isolating them from their surroundings , by arranging a roll of six feet high gray or white corrugated card in columns and bays . |
| 12 | This latter was a secular convent which always had a lady of the Habsburg family as abbess . |
| 13 | I think that Harold himself always had a feeling , despite the nine years between us , that my succession would not make enough difference between his regime and the next , and he mentioned this argument to me on the 17th . |
| 14 | She had said , on her first morning with him , ‘ Mrs Kendrick and me always had a cup of coffee together before I got started , nice and friendly like . ’ |
| 15 | She always took a bit of bread . |
| 16 | When she went to the doctor for time off work , she always got a morning appointment and missed out coffee and cigarettes . |
| 17 | She always felt a failure , not being able to have a baby of her own . |
| 18 | ‘ Ireland was in the heart of her heart , ’ said Sir Michael E. Sadler [ q.v. ] , and she always felt a touch of the exile 's longing . |
| 19 | All the managers knew that Karen was on the Committee because she always had a notebook in her hand . |
| 20 | Either because she was at the bottom end of the family , or because she always had a book to study . |
| 21 | She always had a sugar daddy . |
| 22 | She always had a cigarette in her right hand , and her right hand was covered in rings . |
| 23 | ‘ But she always bought a ticket through an agency and she always wanted to come anonymously , ’ says Sir Peter . |
| 24 | ‘ She always wanted a dog but Mum — Mother would n't let her have one . |
| 25 | It was also a great relief to recognize Dr Lloyd , who Mrs Reed called in for her servants ( she always called a specialist for herself and the children ) . |
| 26 | She always needed a sleep after therapy . |
| 27 | You always had a bush , that was horrible ! |
| 28 | If you made a Day of the Dead cake at home you always hid a coin in it , and the person who found it was supposed to live for ever . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 30 | Well you always wanted a piano . |