Example sentences of "[pers pn] have always been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most fundamental difference to me has always been that the private sector is so much more dynamic — the rate of change is so great . |
| 2 | This for me has always been important . |
| 3 | That to me has always been a fruitless quest . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking . |
| 5 | I 'd always been fascinated by the people who live on the skid rows of our cities — the ones we regard as the scum of the earth . |
| 6 | Because I 'd always been called skinny . |
| 7 | Well , I 'd always been a bit too busy — and clever ! |
| 8 | This she combines admirably with looking after 14-year-old Alex , 12-year-old Rosie , and 5-year-old twins Fifi ( Fiona ) and Nicky : ‘ It was a new direction but something I 'd always been interested in . |
| 9 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 10 | The chief reason I 'd always been against abortion was that it seemed like tearing up a bill instead of paying it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays . |
| 12 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 13 | And I 'd always been there , by his side . |
| 14 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 15 | and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know . |
| 16 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 17 | In Uganda I had always been keen on the latest styles , trying new clothes from week to week . |
| 18 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 19 | It was Pop Art which had shot up , and I had always been very anti-Pop . |
| 20 | I had always been sort of fascinated with pictures : I was more of a visual person than a word person . ’ |
| 21 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 22 | I was interested last year to see Tim Jonke 's article and his method of spraying acrylic paint over oil paint , as I had always been led to believe that acrylic would no take on top of oil paint . |
| 23 | I had always been under the impression that home breeding was unsuccessful , until I read an account of a breeding success by a Mr. Werner Nowak of Montreal . |
| 24 | I had always been an erratic binge eater and was forever on a diet without losing weight due to bingeing/starving/vomiting . |
| 25 | I had always been appalled by the ease with which men seemed able to separate sex and love and now here was I building a high wall around myself and saying , ‘ I will let you into my body but stay out of my mind . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I had always been taught in Germany to trust my doctor , and obey what he said , ’ she explained . |
| 27 | And , besides , I had always been told that self-pity was despicable . |
| 28 | I was interested last year to see Tim Jonke 's article and his method of spraying acrylic paint over oil paint , as I had always been led to believe that acrylic would no take on top of oil paint . |
| 29 | Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler 's superhuman heroism , I had always been attracted to Germany . |
| 30 | I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences . |