Example sentences of "'ve always [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My real name 's Veronica , but I 've always been called Ronni . ’
2 They were reasons ‘ which are not new — they 've always been recognised ’ .
3 Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ?
4 I 've always been fascinated by British history .
5 ‘ I 've always been fascinated with science fiction … just that feel .
6 ‘ I 've always been fascinated by other cultures , traditions and people , particularly those removed from the Western World . ’
7 I 'VE always been fascinated by prehistory , particularly the time of man 's first settlement in the northern Dales .
8 ‘ I 've always been fascinated by other cultures , traditions and people , particularly those removed from the Western World . ’
9 I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out .
10 He said : ‘ I 've always been fascinated by stamps and used to collect them when I was younger .
11 I 've always been fascinated working in Japan , because you do n't take any parts , that erm they would just argue it out until somebody says well this is what we should do and everyone says ‘ Yes , that 's right , that 's what we should do ’ you see , so that erm there are all sorts of ways of doing this .
12 ‘ Well , they 've always been pushed to explain why an omnipotent God permits Evil … ’
13 Stewart 's slogan was ‘ War on Graft ’ , Donlevy 's ‘ Doing Things the Way They 've Always Been Done ’ .
14 In fact a lot of our you know a lot a lot of the their their the type of business I was in , right ? they wanted the erm home service companies but I also branched out because I 've always been connected .
15 ‘ You 've always been marked down as the non-violent type .
16 ‘ Because that 's the impression I 've always been left with .
17 What do you mean love , we 've always been left alone to get
18 And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and
19 ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’
20 Now , I mean , we 've always been told that this is , been an efficient run County Council , and that the the scope for making savings is just not there .
21 Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are .
22 Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are .
23 I 've always been brought up to be domesticated — to do the housework and dust and wash up and cook — so it 's a natural instinct really .
24 People suddenly saw me as somebody who knew something whereas I 've always been laughed at before .
25 ‘ Like Richard , ’ he said , ‘ I 've always been considered precocious too . ’
26 In his most dire reference to ‘ the extermination of Jewry in Europe ’ , in his November speech to the Party ‘ Old Guard ’ , he stated : ‘ I 've always been scorned as a prophet .
27 ‘ We were the giggling lavatorial girls we 've always been portrayed but somewhere there was a spark of maturity , ’ says Carolyn .
28 they , they 've always been known for marvellous skin have n't they , the erm
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