Example sentences of "always been [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rise to support the motion moved in Mr name and I have always been opposed to fox hunting full stop . |
| 2 | In other words , the Semai had always been capable of violence , but this capability had never had any meaning . |
| 3 | Tim Hely Hutchinson says that Thomas has been ‘ crucial ’ to the development of Headline , and the company has always been strong on marketing . |
| 4 | He 's always been paranoid about intelligence , seeing plots and hidden microphones and leaks to the media … he kept the money tight , too . |
| 5 | A company that had always been paranoiac about labour unions , it should have noticed that it was suddenly at the mercy of customers ' unions . |
| 6 | She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Dad had always been fanatical about security at night ; he even bolted the inside doors . |
| 8 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 9 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 10 | There appears to be a wide variety of newspapers available to the public ( even though appearances deceive ) , and it has always been possible in principle ( if not in practice ) to found a new paper . |
| 11 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 12 | I 've always been good at saving . |
| 13 | Despite its widespread occurrence gold has always been scarce in relation to demand . |
| 14 | It 's always been grim Up North … |
| 15 | We 've always been concerned with self-improvement , slowly re-building and extending our steadings and houses . |
| 16 | It has however always been fraught with difficulty ; the line between legality and correctness has always been hard to define . |
| 17 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 18 | Kent members have always been active on Society committees including Joan Daniels ( Hon. Treasurer , Vice-Chair and Membership Chair ) , Cicely Harris ( Executive and Publicity Chair ) , Hila Lodge ( Chairman ) , Pat Palmer ( National Development Officer/Administrator ) , Elsie Streek ( Publicity Chair and Editor of Medau News ) , Stella Webb ( the Society 's current Hon. Treasurer ) and Jenny Whitaker ( Assistant Editor of Medau News and Teachers ' Representative ) . |
| 19 | Before I went to Miss Havisham 's and met Estella , I had always wanted to be apprenticed to Joe , and I had always been happy at home , in spite of my sister 's scolding . |
| 20 | And the Germans have always been excellent at map-reading . |
| 21 | I had always been interested in history , but Ken with his great command of English was able to explain it and put life into it , particularly when talking about his hero , Charles I. ’ |
| 22 | Have always been interested in intelligence , escaped the germy epoch of Freud and am so bored with all lacks of intelletto that I have n't used any discrimination when I have referred to ‘ em … . |
| 23 | Myrtle has always been interested in sport and gymnastics and first started Medau work eighteen years ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I have always been interested in art and history since High School . |
| 25 | ‘ I have always been interested in woodwork but do n't have the artistic skills or patience to make fine furniture , ’ he said . |
| 26 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
| 27 | She had always been interested in beauty culture and hair-styling , so she took a job with a small hairdressing parlour in Stepney to learn the tricks of the trade and when she felt she knew enough , gave in her notice and advertised her services : Lady clients visited in the comfort and privacy of their own homes . |
| 28 | Creative artists have always been interested in madness . |
| 29 | Erm , I 've always been interested in housing and it did appear to me that however delightful Harlow may be , when the architects were designing properties , they designed a property without any consideration for the people who were to live in them . |
| 30 | I 've always been interested in machinery . |