Example sentences of "[vb base] always [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clothes people wear always have a symbolic value but for Asian women this symbolism is extremely formalised . |
| 2 | It it 's a part of the county council I 've always taken a considerable interest in , and I support them in all their efforts . |
| 3 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 4 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 5 | It means I 've always got a ready supply of paint stirring or glue sticks . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've always had a fertile imagination , ’ he says . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've always had a strong desire to have a real family . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've always had a deplorable tendency to exhibitionism , ’ Guy agreed , his deep voice full of laughter . |
| 9 | But then we 've always had a spare bedroom have n't we , only having the one child . |
| 10 | Another time I was lying in a hospital bed after a car crash — I 'd been lucky and escaped with minor injuries , but I 've always had a keen sense of drama , so I lay there feeling as though I 'd just come through the Battle of Britain . |
| 11 | While I confess that when it comes to Ovation roundback instruments I 've never really seen what the fuss was about , I 've always had a sneaking admiration for anyone who uses them . |
| 12 | You could say I 've always had a vested interest in lingerie . |
| 13 | and of course we 've always had a different view about what morals are anyway all of us I mean once again if we went round the table and say you know expand on your moral position , I 'm sure we would get four probably ten actually different viewpoints . |
| 14 | Anyway , I 've always had a soft spot for this , there 's no problem about the existence of large morphological changes due to a single mutation . |
| 15 | Just saying , I 've always had a funny neck have n't I ? |
| 16 | For at last the witch was weakened by Carmellina 's guile , and hoisted her to her feet , and pulled her over to the window and pointed down the stony path that led to one of her lair 's doors , and to the Indian fig cacti growing there in bat-eared monster shapes , and said , ‘ I 've always fancied a new little number , made to measure , of stuff woven from prickly-pear skins , bit of red for excitement , but mainly green , it 's so elegant , do n't you think , with long sleeves and a full skirt sweeping around me , with a bit of a train … . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've always put a great emphasis upon communication . |
| 18 | Leg ulcers have always formed a large part of district nurses ' ( DNs ) caseloads . |
| 19 | ‘ I have always felt a strange affinity for that one . ’ |
| 20 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 21 | Desirable though they may be in special circumstances , I have always conducted a personal vendetta against glazed cabinets and patented bookcases with evil and malicious sliding and lifting glass panels . |
| 22 | Democratic socialists have always rejected a narrow conception of freedom and have fought for the ‘ positive freedoms ’ of wide access to education , health care , housing and employment . |
| 23 | It is based on a selected group of Arab states — although the non-Arab states in the region are potentially the most powerful and have always displayed a powerful awareness of their regional role . |
| 24 | Public sector pay and the unpredictability of pay settlements have always posed a major threat to public expenditure control . |
| 25 | Lou and I have always presented a good public face : we make a happily married couple , a busy professional pair ; she in the media — seen as a little suspect , a little too clever for her own good — he in the interpretive arts : sensitive , hard-working , dedicated : often away . |
| 26 | Industrialists , who have acquired power and influence without passing through the mollifying tunnel of public school , Oxbridge and the professions , have always represented a potential challenge to the old order . |
| 27 | She reckons the real reason the Japanese are so successful is that they have always incorporated a spiritual approach in business . |
| 28 | To summarize : although Paisley and the other ministers of the Free Presbyterian Church have always maintained a clear division between ‘ constitutional ’ and ‘ party ’ politics — the Church has a position on the constitution but does not back any particular party — the close historical and biographical links between Church and Party have made it impossible for the Free Presbyterian Church to avoid either being tagged with the label of being the DUP at prayer or on occasion being disrupted by the spill-over of tensions from the Party into the Church . |
| 29 | I have always believed a greater range of expressions are possible through representations of the real world . |
| 30 | I have always believed a greater range of expressions are possible through representations of the real world . |