Example sentences of "i have always thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have always thought that I would like to be a fashion designer . |
| 2 | Personally , I have always thought it a great mistake to expect young people to be interested in politics . |
| 3 | In fact , I have always thought it would make a great spectacle for television if performed in surf with three contestants confined to a small area , all trying to knock each other of their boards . |
| 4 | He replied , ‘ On that matter , what I have always thought . |
| 5 | I have always thought boils were a symptom of the first signs of scurvy , caused by a lack of ascorbic acid , vitamin C. Surely diet , rather than lesions and subsequent infection , is a much more important factor ? |
| 6 | I have always thought that the sweetening of the waters of Marah resulted from the removal of the iron by the coagulation and flocculation of iron/tannin complexes , the tannin being derived from that tree — though I think that he [ Moses ] would have had to have bashed it up a bit first . |
| 7 | I have always thought that maybe I had damaged the transfer needle by trying to use it with the ribber bed on half pitch . |
| 8 | I wrote to Ivy ( more or less ) : ‘ People say that work is a comfort at such times , and I have always thought it very sad that an author 's work is no good at all , and indeed can not be done . ’ |
| 9 | I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months . |
| 10 | Call it whimsy if you will , but I have always thought , privately , there was something very similar about the two of them , the Alice Liddell and her captain Tabitha Jute . |
| 11 | The direction of swing is decided by the position of the seam in relation to the line of flight , and I have always thought it more important than polish . |
| 12 | I have always thought of myself as being rather unfavourably viewed by the art establishment and that includes journalists in Britain . |
| 13 | In several advertisements by dealers I have noticed the following genera , which I have always thought were mostly known as houseplants : |
| 14 | Until now I have always thought that it is such a big city with so many people that my family may be safe but tonight I am afraid because this shelter was in an area where they are living . |
| 15 | I suppose I have always thought of it as a possibility but his actual decision to marry was a surprise . ’ |
| 16 | I have always thought that a promise to perform an existing duty , or the performance of it , should be regarded as good consideration , because it is a benefit to the person to whom it is given . |
| 17 | I have always thought that Hinduism is at its most sympathetic and comprehensible in the countryside : a simple roadside shrine , a sacred river , a holy spring — these things are the life-blood of that great religion . |
| 18 | It took an act of will to think of cool winds on hilltops or the pattern of water-shadows over wave-carved sand — things which I have always thought epitomise clarity and freshness and helped to divert my brain from dwelling on the contents of my stomach . |
| 19 | I have always thought that Wilko did quite well on the selling front . |
| 20 | I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’ |
| 21 | I have always thought that the staff of Camberley Homebase are a great bunch . |