Example sentences of "[vb past] always [been] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way they 'd always been for his people : the fishers , the hunters . |
| 2 | Forgotten was the fearful nail-biting exercise Monaghan Day had always been for the whole house ; with distance it had become large , heroic , blood-mystical , something from which the impossible could be snatched . |
| 3 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 4 | The station had always been for her a place instinct with glory ; its function beautified it immeasurably in her eyes . |
| 5 | Thousands of school children , all of them well over sixteen , were crammed there into a large tall gilt room , and told not to insult the French , not to talk to Arabs , and not to go to Montmartre : then an English lady stood up and said that Paris had always been for her a source inépuisable de something , and everyone clapped , and then they were all turned out again , rather quickly , for the room was clearly needed for something else . |