Example sentences of "had always [been] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There had always been that choice , and it was as difficult to take , and as easy to reject , in the twentieth century as it had been in any other . |
| 2 | Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied . |
| 3 | However , the diplomacy which really mattered had always been that of sovereign states ; this final withering away of the claims of other entities to conduct some sort of foreign relations of their own was merely a kind of necessary tidying-up , the clearing of an undergrowth of quasi-diplomacy . |
| 4 | There had always been such spirit in her . |
| 5 | They had always been such an uncomplicated species before she had met Piers . |
| 6 | It had n't been easy to break into the tough world of radio news reporting , not with her fragile appearance , which had always been such a handicap . |
| 7 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 8 | Even at sixteen there had always been some marvellous " he " in her life . |
| 9 | They sat on the soft sand above the tide line while Adam ate ; there had always been fewer stones here , on this remote end of the beach where hardly anyone came . |