Example sentences of "what i had always [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the moulding of that most deplorable product the ‘ humble boy ’ and the strengthening of what I had always referred to as ‘ the civil service mentality ’ until I encountered Michael Manley 's much more telling phrase the ‘ psychology of dependence ’ . |
| 2 | It was good to see references at last to what I had always understood to be the correct meaning of hostage ( April 27th ) — that is , ‘ a person given to another as a pledge ’ ( Oxford dictionary ) . |
| 3 | I wanted nothing more , though I think Dana must have wanted other things that I never thought of offering him ; with him alone I would have been happy to do what I had always denied others . |
| 4 | " Now at last " , said Richard , " I must believe what I had always thought was impossible . " |
| 5 | And yet I knew , as I spoke , that this was what I had always thought but had been too frightened to express . |
| 6 | That proved to me what I had always thought , that there 's a very thin line between feminism and apartheid . |
| 7 | I returned to London and the Prime Minister made clear what I had always known , that , had he not been stricken down , he would have made a speech on the Saturday at Blackpool saying that he was going on . |