Example sentences of "[vb past] always [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd always been a superb judge of character , but now he doubted himself . |
| 2 | There had always been a continued physical Jewish presence there over the centuries ; it was for the Jews too an ancient homeland . |
| 3 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |
| 4 | Fishing had always been a major industry . |
| 5 | His religious faith , which had always been a rationalistic , brittle thing , simply broke apart . |
| 6 | Only Hatchards had hurt , he said , because it was then owned by Collins , Glasgow 's premier publisher , of whom his Smiths had always been a friendly , major customer . |
| 7 | British Merseybeat had always been a no-go era . |
| 8 | She had always been a confident , outgoing person . |
| 9 | Sport had always been a prominent source of news in its own right . |
| 10 | ( There had always been a certain lifelessness about Jane — I felt it even as a child . |
| 11 | Zambia had always been a black cloud in Jordan 's sky , but he could never work out why . |
| 12 | He could remember how , after moving out here and having been a city-dweller all of his life , he 'd come to realise that he 'd never known what true darkness was ; even away from houses and street lighting there had always been a faint , reflected amber cast to the sky , but here there was nothing . |
| 13 | In addition to art and history , travel of any kind had always been a powerful addiction . |
| 14 | William Langdon , Hodge 's political adviser , told Byrnes on 20 November that the Korean people had always been a distinct nation except for the short colonial period and possessed high literacy , cultural and living standards , when judged by Asiatic or Middle Eastern standards : if trusteeship was approved , it would have to be supported by force . |
| 15 | David had always been a great fashion person as well . |
| 16 | Theirs had always been a smoke-free household . |
| 17 | Darren had always been a good and well-behaved boy but once he had returned home he had been waking repeatedly in the night and been difficult to manage in the day . |
| 18 | He had always been a good and generous man . |
| 19 | The FDP 's radical wing was dissatisfied with these policies , but there had always been a strong laissez-faire economic tradition in the party and the SDP were now too divided to make suitable partners in government . |
| 20 | There was only a year between their ages and there had always been a close bond between them . |
| 21 | They had always been a close family and that night they had all ended up in tears after a lengthy talk with their family GP who had come to the house to talk to them about Jennifer 's diagnosis . |
| 22 | The damned man had always been a total workaholic . |
| 23 | Mrs Harrison had always been a keen gardener and they had built a rockery , down which a small stream flowed with the aid of an electric pump . |
| 24 | There had always been a radical element in the local Labour parties and this was now augmented by former members of the ILP who were returning to the Labour Party in large numbers . |
| 25 | An influence strong enough to rob her of the natural exuberant self-confidence that had always been a central , unthinking part of her personality . |
| 26 | In Lancaster , where I 'd come out , there had always been a mixed scene ; in many places outside the big towns , most of the lesbians and gay men continued to hang together for at least part of the time because there did n't seem enough of us to consider doing much else . |
| 27 | After the war interest was again roused over Piltdown Man who had always been a sore point with anthropologists who could never really accept him . |
| 28 | Branson 's living arrangements had always been a moveable feast , a reflection of the lack of boundaries between his work and private life . |
| 29 | He knew , in his heart , that he had always been a little bit frightened of it really … opening out the throttle … he remembered the feeling of queasiness that had always accompanied that burst of power . |
| 30 | Breeze saw that they were her favourite kind , and remembered then that this had always been a little ritual — chocolates on the first night of the holidays . |