Example sentences of "'ve always [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always made a point of avoiding married women , and engaged women fall into the same category . ’ |
| 3 | I 've always wanted a sister ! ’ |
| 4 | I 've always wanted a sheath knife . |
| 5 | Of course I 'd seen pictures and I 've always wanted a guitar like that . |
| 6 | I 've always wanted a friend like that . ’ |
| 7 | what Ken say I 've always wanted a pedestal |
| 8 | Or ‘ I 've always wanted a bird 's eye view of the garden ’ ? |
| 9 | ‘ Now , young Quince , ’ he said , ‘ you 've always wanted a spot of real detective work to do . |
| 10 | So I wanted to remain a listener , still be excited by other people 's music and so I 've always remained a listener . |
| 11 | It has never given him any trouble , but we 've always kept an eye on it . |
| 12 | You 've always used a combination of very light gauge strings with a very heavy pick — the notorious sixpence . |
| 13 | He came in one day and asked what M C C stood for , and I 've always known a lot of useless information , so I could tell him , so I was then dispatched everyday to the erm radio shop in the High Street , to get the cricket scores in Australia . |
| 14 | I 've always found a periscope to be a very useful accessory in these conditions . |
| 15 | Basically , yeah , if I want to , I 've always got a couple of boys to fall back on . |
| 16 | No what was I saying , oh yeah , when the machines at work break we got the fitter there cos you 've always got a fitter about , ai n't you , when they go wrong ? |
| 17 | Mind you I 've always got a dog and a stick . |
| 18 | Yes I know I 'll take it when I go down to the post office and I keep forgetting , do n't like bothering with it on Thursday because they 've always got a shop full and I go |
| 19 | So that when comes up we 've always got an answer . |
| 20 | I 've always preferred a Precision to a Jazz because of the way that a Precision plays . |
| 21 | I 've always had a horror of the splits , though |
| 22 | I can do most things on that , but the one thing I 've always had a problem getting with that type of preamp setup is the kind of crunchy combo sound . |
| 23 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 24 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've always had a battle with my weight . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've always had a drink , love . |
| 27 | I 've always had a feeling that United 's goal crisis was not the fault of Mark Hughes or Brian McClair but of problems around them — not least the inability of the midfield to score . |
| 28 | I am a trained nurse and I 've always had a weight problem . |
| 29 | I 've always had a theory about this particular food . |
| 30 | ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it . |