Example sentences of "have always [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's er and and I have always wanted to be president of the board of trade . |
| 2 | Companies have always needed to be fully aware of events in their marketplace , to recognise opportunities and to maintain the flexibility to take advantage of them . |
| 3 | Teachers have always tended to be conservative in what they teach . |
| 4 | They 've been working very hard , in some cases long hours I think it 's right because this is a similar discussion we had by Public Protection Committee about a report and the main thing about the report is to find ways in which this could be avoided and that we could take such action as necessary and obviously some matters to avoid such a happening again but having said that other parts of West Sussex have always tended to be erm when you get excess rain erm you tend to get flooded in on the train many times some houses have got boats down the bottom of their garden and it 's not just now it 's been flooded , but it has been flooded in more recent times and that 's probably something we should be looking at . |
| 5 | You have always got to be ready to smile and joke back with everyone who has a friendly jibe at you . ’ |
| 6 | I have always longed to be a great lady but it 's not easy when you spend your time queuing for slug-pellets and flea-powder . |