Example sentences of "he [vb past] always [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said ‘ Yes , Ernest , but he 'd always been known as Johnny Walker ’ . |
| 2 | Of course he 'd always been enchanted , but , before , it had been too deep in his mind to be fully felt ; he 'd only known there was something that kept him empty inside , stopped him from being a proper person . |
| 3 | He had always been taught by women , with the exception of Mr Dixon , and ignored by his parents . |
| 4 | He had always been involved to some extent , but when an old villager came to him and said , ‘ You ca n't let this thing die , your father was a polemaster and we look to you to see this thing does n't stop ’ , he could n't resist the challenge . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do love you , ’ he said , impetuously for him ; he had always been measured with her , one of his charms for a girl who tended towards impetuosity . |
| 6 | The style in which he lived in Passy was not a style to which he had always been accustomed . |
| 7 | He had always been drawn to the sea , as is also evinced by his poems ; at Taranto he became a keen yachtsman . |