Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have always [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have the best trained , the best qualified law enforcement officers that can be found in any major city in the world so we have always been able to maintain solid protection for our community without having the comparable size departments that other cities have , ’ he says . |
| 2 | He 's got a crooked back , you see , and although he 's always been rich , he was never really happy until he married . ’ |
| 3 | Strange that he should seem so familiar to her now ; as if they had always been close . |
| 4 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
| 5 | When he arrived he put his cold , white hand in hers for a moment and said , ‘ Hello , Tessa , ’ as if he had always been aware of her as part of the background furnishings . |
| 6 | I suspect that is merely because I have always been able to anticipate when a fox is likely to be present as the result of scent , footprints and tell-tale evidence around the burrow mouth . |
| 7 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 8 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 9 | Early models , for example , made little attempt to show the dynamic forces at play between the elements , while it has always been necessary to question the basis of the model construction in order to avoid the perpetuation of a flawed assumption . |
| 10 | ‘ Not exactly , though I 've always been interested , since I was a kid . ’ |
| 11 | Though I have always been willing . |
| 12 | So she climbed the fire escape , briskly for she had always been brisk about everything , even making love . |
| 13 | They really had no choice in the matter for he had always been able to threaten any dissenters , or strays , with the loss of their union cards . |