Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have always [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how . |
2 | A total of 40.7% of respondents chose their last holiday on the basis that they had done the same before and enjoyed it ; 19.7% went somewhere where they had always wanted to go ; and 17.9% went on a word-of-mouth recommendation . |
3 | Jack Birkenshaw , back where he has always felt he most belongs , has a hard job ahead in trying to restore Leicestershire to their long-lost glories . |
4 | A package of new loans made public last week reveals that the nation will move away from its traditional hunting ground of French-speaking Africa , where it has always had a science presence , and towards English-speaking and Latin American nations and the Far East . |
5 | Although I had always lived in a freezing cold damp house and spent a lot of my own childhood in hospital and even remember my own mum referring to our flats as pneumonia houses , in my ignorance I had never made the connection between our living conditions , ill health and the social and environmental climate . |
6 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
7 | I 've never been particularly good at chatting up women although I 've always liked women and sex , so the idea of cutting out all the small talk seemed both convenient and appealing to me . |
8 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
9 | I remember thinking that the whole process of being shot down and being killed seemed very much simpler and less horrible than I had always imagined . |
10 | I amused myself for about a month doing that , but when I got the cast taken off I found it uncomfortable to play conventional style — so I 've always felt right at home playing over the neck . |
11 | She told me this when I was very small , so I 've always known my real mother did n't just give me away . ’ |
12 | ‘ So I 've always lectured you , Yuan . |
13 | ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it . |
14 | Then you can keep it in there so you 've always got it . ’ |
15 | Although they have always had responsibility for trainees , this is to be made more formal within the framework of the basic training common core . |
16 | Although he had always feared the night , the boy knew the big house in darkness almost as well as in daylight . |
17 | Although he had always worked hard to maintain good relations with the tsar and the central government , he was not a professional courtier . |
18 | Although he has always given strong leadership , Jan Hoet has not acted by divine right but more like a president , encouraging an on-going debate between the exhibition 's four curators . |
19 | Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out . |
20 | Meanwhile , stay away from the fireplace , like I 've always told you . |
21 | No , I know , I do n't mean owt , owt wrong but I just ca n't remember these two names , I do n't know why , there 's something I 've never been able to , cos I 've always said to you ai n't I ? |
22 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
23 | Erm cos I 'd always said ooh I would n't ever have a sunbed and all that , but I did in the end , cos we were n't gon na go anywhere so |
24 | A face that was poignantly familiar , as if she 'd always carried a picture of him in her heart . |
25 | This is something you really need to know , especially if you 've always lived round the corner from your family , and could n't bear to move . |
26 | If you 've always wanted to learn seriously , your Clubrep can arrange a course of lessons at a discount . |
27 | If you 've always worked on the account of companies that deal in furniture , say , you could just as easily do the same job for a company dealing in computers . |
28 | If you 've always fancied your very own tartan , the Stewarts can now offer exclusive tartan designs now they have their own textile manufacturing plant . |
29 | as if you 'd always known |
30 | If you have always found it very difficult to dream up original and unusual ideas for ruby weddings , then making a red or burgundy pressed flower picture could solve all your problems . |