Example sentences of "[pers pn] has always been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Monica was brought up in London , she has always been a country girl at heart . |
| 2 | ‘ She has always been a Liverpool fan , though , and used to follow them to Wembley . ’ |
| 3 | He has always been a mummy 's boy , and he has always been arrogant . |
| 4 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 5 | It has always been a problem : the ghosts are n't laughing now . |
| 6 | I have always been exclusively attracted to girls and wimmin in any sexual or deep emotional way ; it has always been a part of me as grey eyes or dark hair . |
| 7 | In the 18th Century Daventry was an important town on the Holyhead coaching road and , lying on four main roads , it has always been a centre for travellers . |
| 8 | As far as can be ascertained , it has always been a corn mill , mainly grinding corn from local farms for local consumption and in later life , rolled oats for local farmers . |
| 9 | It has always been a corn mill and continued working , somewhat sporadically , up to the middle of the 1950s . |
| 10 | It has always been a tradition of Oxford and Cambridge to have overseas players , ’ he added . |
| 11 | It has always been a source of amazement to me that anglers who are prepared to pay upwards of £100 for a rod and reel moan plaintively about the price of perhaps the most important item of tackle : the hook . |
| 12 | It has always been a fishing village and trawlers from here and from Machico are used for deep-sea and more distant fishing trips such as to the North African coast . |
| 13 | As you know the magazine is edited in Leeds but it has always been a rule that there should be no Yorkshire influence . |
| 14 | To me it has always been a city of landladies and lodgers . |
| 15 | It has always been a mystery to me why the Government can hide behind commercial confidentiality while local authorities have to do things up front . |
| 16 | It is true that , as the term is commonly used , a representative , as opposed to a delegate , is not mandated to speak or vote in particular ways ; but it has always been a puzzle to me to understand in what ways such a person can then be said to represent , or speak for , those who sent him/her there . |
| 17 | From Lesley Wittle to Zeebrugge , it has always been a matter of hours before the first risqué punchline filters in . |