Example sentences of "i have always admired " in BNC.

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1 Not handsome , but nice-looking in a way I had usually rather deprecated , if not despised : not the lean and craggy looks that I had always admired , but a blunt-featured face with a wide mouth , dark eyes tilted slightly down at the outer corners , and an untidy thatch of brown hair of which a couple of locks fell over a broad forehead , and were from time to time irritably brushed back .
2 I had always admired him , ever since as a small boy I had seen him in his State robes in India .
3 ’ ‘ I 've always admired your conviction , ’ Harriet says unexpectedly ; but then : ‘ I 'm sorry , he sounds dire .
4 He is a wonderful artist whom I 've always admired .
5 I 've always admired her sense of style .
6 Of course , I 've never thought her dizzy ; I 've always admired her , and I wish I had a little of her grey matter . ’
7 I 've always admired Ben Hogan for the way he worked at the game and the determination he showed to succeed .
8 I 've always admired the way Steve handles his playing on a lot of the old Stax ballads — the way he does those really simple , pretty fills , and the way he uses the tremolo on the amplifier — I 'm just a sucker for all that kind of stuff .
9 No , I 've always admired them for doing it their own way and getting away with it all the way to the end .
10 John Harris was of great help to me in collecting architectural drawings , and I 've always admired his grasp of that field .
11 ‘ Liz , ’ he said , ‘ Liz , I 've always admired your style , but this was something else . ’
12 I 've always admired your quick grasp of essentials . ’
13 I 've always admired asceticism in a man , ’ she returned demurely .
14 He said : ‘ I read the tips Stephen Shakeshaft put in the Echo because I have always admired his work .
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