Example sentences of "[pron] have always [been] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Although , ultimately , she accepted the need for pattern books , production schedules , yearly reviews by committee and other organizational disciplines , she disliked intensely the way these formalities intruded into her own sphere of influence and destroyed the spontaneity of her collection , which had always been one of her greatest strengths . |
2 | You 've always been one of the gentry , used to grand balls and such . ’ |
3 | He was going to have to admit he loved her and could n't live without her , and that was a hard thing for a man who had always been one hundred per cent in control , and who had always been one hundred per cent independent , and one hundred per cent rational , to do . |
4 | He was going to have to admit he loved her and could n't live without her , and that was a hard thing for a man who had always been one hundred per cent in control , and who had always been one hundred per cent independent , and one hundred per cent rational , to do . |
5 | There has always been one factor which has dominated the convictions of those who have sought to establish a religion , or its equivalent under whatever name . |
6 | It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation . |
7 | It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better . |
8 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
9 | After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped . |
10 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
11 | It had always been one of his Walter Mittyisms to run a restaurant , and this we discussed with extreme earnestness . |
12 | And it had always been one of Gesner 's greatest roles . |