Example sentences of "always [vb pp] that [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that 's not as bad as I thought because I 'd always heard that it was like really really expensive to produce er material in braille . |
| 2 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 3 | I 've always felt that I was raised in the land of melody but I certainly was n't raised in the land of rhythm so I 'm always attracted to good dance music . |
| 4 | Team manager John Birch ( who shortly afterwards rocked the county by resigning , a few days after signing a new three-year contract ) explained : ‘ I have always felt that it was contrary to the best interests of a professional game to operate with a mainly semi-professional staff . |
| 5 | I have far fewer friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 6 | I have far few friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 7 | Although she once said ‘ I 've always thought that it was a mistake to think too much about games or sports , ’ she died , 27 June 1960 , in a nursing home in Sway , Hampshire , arguably the greatest all-round sportswoman England has ever produced . |
| 8 | She 'd always known that it was n't her sort of outfit ! |
| 9 | But then , had n't she always known that he was a good and decent man ? |
| 10 | I suppose I 've always known that I was a bit different … do you understand what I mean ? ’ |
| 11 | In her innocence , Constance had always assumed that it was an activity that took place in bed . |
| 12 | No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination . |
| 13 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 14 | Hers was not a type of female beauty which attracted him and he had always assumed that she was physically cold . |
| 15 | Christopher Hill had always acknowledged that it was doubtful that there had been a Ranter organisation and difficult to define what ‘ the Ranters ’ as a group believed as opposed to individuals whose views came to be labelled as Ranters . |
| 16 | Coleman has always insisted that it was not he who said it but his colleague and friend , the late Ron Pickering . |
| 17 | She had always insisted that he was n't to meet her , that she might come any time . |
| 18 | Tradition has always maintained that it was Apollinaire who introduced Braque to Picasso towards the end of 1907 . |
| 19 | Finch always maintained that he was never a hellraiser and that his image was wishful publicity by the press . |
| 20 | Arafat had always maintained that he was married to the Palestinian revolution . |
| 21 | But he is now being exposed for what some of us always warned that he was . |