Example sentences of "'ve always [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always made a point of avoiding married women , and engaged women fall into the same category . ’ |
| 3 | Of course I 'd seen pictures and I 've always wanted a guitar like that . |
| 4 | I 've always wanted a friend like that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now , young Quince , ’ he said , ‘ you 've always wanted a spot of real detective work to do . |
| 6 | It has never given him any trouble , but we 've always kept an eye on it . |
| 7 | You 've always used a combination of very light gauge strings with a very heavy pick — the notorious sixpence . |
| 8 | He came in one day and asked what M C C stood for , and I 've always known a lot of useless information , so I could tell him , so I was then dispatched everyday to the erm radio shop in the High Street , to get the cricket scores in Australia . |
| 9 | I 've always found a periscope to be a very useful accessory in these conditions . |
| 10 | Basically , yeah , if I want to , I 've always got a couple of boys to fall back on . |
| 11 | No what was I saying , oh yeah , when the machines at work break we got the fitter there cos you 've always got a fitter about , ai n't you , when they go wrong ? |
| 12 | I 've always preferred a Precision to a Jazz because of the way that a Precision plays . |
| 13 | I 've always had a horror of the splits , though |
| 14 | I 've always had a yen for married women — it 's something to do with being an only son , I suspect , some sort of Oedipal urge to play Daddy 's part with Mummy — and I knew by experience how much care and tact is needed . |
| 15 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've always had a battle with my weight . |
| 17 | I 've always had a theory about this particular food . |
| 18 | It 's something I 've always had an affection for . |
| 19 | I 've never been more than a dabbler but I 've always had an eye for a painter and I saw at once that he was one . |
| 20 | I 've always had an ear for accents , and I gave them my best German and Italian and my speciality : French with a hint of Punjabi . |