Example sentences of "always been a great [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 .
2 Quite frankly , I 've always been a great believer in equal opportunities ! ’
3 In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food .
4 This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal .
5 There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow .
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