Example sentences of "have always [been] so [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I believe that it is , she thought , I truly believe that it is my mind , for Isabel has always been so firm , so clearly in control .
2 This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell .
3 We never had hens , the local farm has always been so obliging .
4 He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’
5 It hurt her to lie , because she 'd always been so truthful all her life .
6 I 've always been so proud of you , Paula .
7 You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’
8 We 've always been so close , have n't we ?
9 Maybe it works in the case of God ; I 've always been so afraid it would n't that I 've never tried it .
10 They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy .
11 Lucinda , who had always been so obedient , speaking to her mother as if good manners had gone out of fashion ?
12 ‘ Their men had always been so butch before , and now you see very mannered , rather ‘ nelly ’ movements .
13 She lay propped up in pain and wondered when it was she had begun to loathe her body — she who had always been so proud of her figure and liked to pirouette in front of the glass after stepping from her clothes , admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs , the trim concavity of her belly , the neatness of her breasts , her skin with the sculptured texture of marble , her neck slender as the stem of a wineglass , and the bound-up hair in which fire lurked and leaped .
14 ‘ I lost my father before I signed for Rangers and his death had a devastating effect on me since we had always been so close , and not simply because he had been a professional goalkeeper in his time , ’ Goram said .
15 She had always been so bright , so capable , so desirable , a wonderful wife in every way — until a year ago .
16 One of the reasons she had survived in business was because she had always been so careful .
17 No more letters for many a year now from Miss Mitford , none from Miss Trepsack , none from Mrs Jameson , who had always been so kind to her .
18 She gave him a morsel of hope because he had always been so kind to her .
19 There was a showdown and in 1914 the relationship that had always been so ambivalent was destroyed .
20 And he had always been so meticulous about his appearance , almost to the point of vanity .
21 She had realized that she , who had always been so outgoing as a young singer , had been verging on the brink of obsession with her own failures , her own abilities or lack of them , with Gesner and his personal vendetta .
22 He had always been so scathing about psychiatrists and psychotherapists , emphatic that she was normal , that she would be just like any other mother once she had a child of her own .
23 He had always been so afraid of death .
24 He could not remember if his father had always been so wary , but he thought not .
25 ‘ You must have worked magic on him — he 's always been so generous with his possessions , ’ he smiled , adding softly , ‘ as , of course , you must have discovered . ’
26 Well that 's cos it 's always been so light
27 The Italian prisoners have always been so pathetic .
28 We have always been so thankful that she has such a sense of fun .
29 You and Anna have always been so close .
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