Example sentences of "always [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on Macedonian territory and it has succeeded in getting its neighbours to say the same . |
| 2 | Harry Gent , at any rate , always claimed that it arose from the numerous illegal cockfights that were held in the cellar . |
| 3 | So construed , a specific issue order means what the cognoscenti always thought that it meant but , since one member of the other group , the ‘ incognoscenti , ’ perhaps was a bit puzzled by it in the first place , I thought it was worthwhile to clarify the matter on this occasion . |
| 4 | Besides , an idea is n't always abandoned because it fails some quality control test . |
| 5 | It is exactly this assumption , however , that shows the extent to which Western society is indistinguishable from all other cultures , for each , according to Lévi-Strauss , has always assumed that it represents the full meaning and significance of human society : |
| 6 | He sought resolve and found a little and went to lie down on the bed to read a paperback of Anna Karenina , which he had always fancied because it had a scene on a railway platform . |
| 7 | Buckingham Palace has always insisted that it does not comment on the private affairs of members of the family . |
| 8 | My husband has always maintained that it destroys a young man 's ambition to succeed in life if he is financially indulged too young . |
| 9 | The Vietnamese government had always maintained that it had returned all US POWs to the US government shortly after the signing of the Paris peace agreements in 1973 . |
| 10 | The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas . |