Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] always been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know Alan from the England set-up , and everyone has always been impressed with his work . ’ |
| 2 | This for me has always been important . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 8 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 9 | In Uganda I had always been keen on the latest styles , trying new clothes from week to week . |
| 10 | I had always been keen on hillwalking and loved nothing more than escaping to the peace of the hills with my three oldest and closest friends . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Maybe I delivered my opinion more bluntly than I should have , but I had always been candid with Ted . |
| 13 | ‘ I had always been interested in flying kites ever since I was young , so when someone offered me one for sale , I jumped at the chance , ’ added , whose wife has also become hooked on the sport . |
| 14 | I had always been interested in history , but Ken with his great command of English was able to explain it and put life into it , particularly when talking about his hero , Charles I. ’ |
| 15 | Before I went to Miss Havisham 's and met Estella , I had always wanted to be apprenticed to Joe , and I had always been happy at home , in spite of my sister 's scolding . |
| 16 | I had always been lucky that way . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | I I 've always been that way inclined , I mean my dad was er he he was a miner , he was a lovely dad , he was lovely man . |
| 19 | So I 've always been poor , and I have n't got any nice dresses ! |
| 20 | I 've always been poor — my husband died when I was 34 — and this man 's very well-off . |
| 21 | I 've always been honest about it . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 23 | I 've always been intrigued by the Catholic church , by all the colours and the candles , but I know so little about it … when we studied existentialism in high school , I felt that that was exactly right , but now I just do n't know … |
| 24 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
| 25 | I 've always been unlucky . |
| 26 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've always been curious to know how you did it … |
| 28 | ‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him . ’ |
| 29 | I 've always been dippy about Charity from a child . |
| 30 | I 've always been hopeless at riddles . |