Example sentences of "have always thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real problem with this gallery is that it confirms what the public has always thought : that designers are a bunch of elitists who do n't live in the real world . |
| 2 | Well , the Diary has always thought so , but the Edinburgh branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing seems to think differently . |
| 3 | He 's quite good-looking in a film-starry way — I 'd always thought of him as young . |
| 4 | Racing people , I 'd always thought , were among the Most cynical in the world , yet here some of the most experienced of them were moved and involved despite themselves . |
| 5 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 6 | He 'd always thought of gypsies as swarthy of complexion , but this girl 's face was pale olive and he knew that if he touched it , it would be as soft as silk . |
| 7 | He 'd always thought of that as a cliché before he met Emily . |
| 8 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 9 | Or so I 'd always thought . |
| 10 | He 'd always thought of her as pliable , sexy , more of an ornament than a partner for a man like Adolph Brückner . |
| 11 | She 'd always thought that the phrase ‘ going weak at the knees ’ was an over-used cliché with no reference to reality , yet that was exactly how she felt . |
| 12 | I 'd always thought I 'd like to work in an old people 's home . |
| 13 | The company has been trading since 1876 and staff say they 'd always thought the firm was financially successful . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've always thought she was interested , ’ said Marina quietly , ‘ ever since your birthday . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've always thought our most important job is to comfort the bereaved . ’ |
| 16 | I 've always thought babies have a pretty rotten life , completely under the control of people who do n't have any idea of what goes on inside a baby 's mind — ’ |
| 17 | And I 've always thought it [ the Report ] did for foreign and defence policy-making and intelligence … what the Crossman and Castle diaries did for economic and domestic policy-making . |
| 18 | By comparison , on Gibson 's Flying V guitar , the bridge pickup has to sit rather high because of the effect the tune-o-matic bridge has in raising the height of the strings above the body , which I 've always thought looked and felt a little clumsy . |
| 19 | I 've always thought that you get a bunch of songs together and if they 're good songs , you 're really lucky and if they all fit together and make a great album you 're really , really lucky . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've always thought that an old instrument , particularly a Stratocaster , has an instant vibe . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm quite disappointed by the sound of the amp — it 's just not there for me — although I would say that I 've always thought Trace Elliot had a kind of soul-less sound . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've always thought of the guitar as another voice , so I start with a voice , singing along with the vocal , and from time to time you can hear a place where other voices would come in , like backing harmonies , which then become part of it . |
| 23 | I 've always thought that India might be my true spiritual home . ’ |
| 24 | I 've always thought that women were great copers and now you 've confirmed it . |
| 25 | And I 've always thought Terry Wogan 's wit was much under-rated . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |
| 27 | We did n't fish in the accepted sense , which I 've always thought was a ghoulish thing to do anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always thought Carry On films were like a pair of old jeans . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'VE always thought he looked like a pig in a safari suit . ’ |
| 30 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |