Example sentences of "always said [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have far fewer friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 2 | I have far few friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 3 | Leonard could be fastidious to the nth degree in completing his own work — he has always said that he works ‘ one word at a time , ’ and can spend months , even years , in adding finesse to it ; he is nevertheless dismissive of anything approaching scholarly exactitude , still more so pedantry . |
| 4 | I make no excuse for quoting at some length from the Chatrier newsletter ‘ I have always said that the biggest problem we face in tennis is that there is too much money around . |
| 5 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 6 | He had always said that Rose Lacson , the woman he met in one of Manila 's finest hotels and brought back to live in a mansion that she designed , would inherit his iron-ore wealth . |
| 7 | Britain has always said that , despite its plans for union , Maastricht fails to answer the question posed by the end of the Cold War : how to bring the former communist countries into Europe , and expand the EC to include up to 20 members . |
| 8 | ‘ You know how it was always said that Wee Charlie was the spit of me ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 've always said that she 'd be an opera singer , did n't I ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But the Führer has always said that he has no ideological quarrel with England . ’ |
| 11 | The MoD has always said that safety precautions were ‘ more than adequate ’ . |
| 12 | Nick had always said that his Jockey Club duties came before his business . |
| 13 | John has always said that prejudice is hard to combat because it means changing people 's inner feelings , ‘ their hearts and minds ’ . |
| 14 | I have always said that there are thousands of qualified accountants sitting out there in small companies where they are finance directors , credit controllers , company secretaries , advisers to the board , the people to whom the board looks for everything . |
| 15 | But he is perceived as the spokesman of the new regime , and he has always said that he wanted the Panel to ‘ find a company to hang ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ But they have always said that the Queen has remained very friendly and helpful to Diana through her illness and her marriage problems . |
| 17 | Last night England manager Geoff Cooke said he had n't heard about the incident , but confirmed : ‘ We have always said that players who play for England must be aware of the responsibilities that go with that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Bowe has always said that I am the man he wants more than anybody and now that I am giving him the perfect opportunity , he is shying away from it . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 've always said that Sollie Ollie was just a tad too radical to hold high office in these heah United States . ’ |
| 20 | I 've always said that money itself is n't important to me — but I 've still got young children and I 'll always have to provide . |
| 21 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 22 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 23 | The sages who lay down the law in this party have always said that if Ms Aloni left education , where she was ‘ poisoning the innocent souls of Israel 's children ’ , they could contemplate joining Mr Rabin . |
| 24 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 25 | Sadly the loco is showing its age , and the GC has always said that this final six months is a matter of gently does it . |
| 26 | It 's always been on my mind — I suppose it always will — and I 've always said that if I got the opportunity to kill the man I 'd do it , and I would take the consequences . |
| 27 | The guards had always said that they were n't bothered about anyone in British gaols , so we 'd hoped it would be easier for us to get out than for the others . |
| 28 | We 've always said that we would n't do that . |
| 29 | The letter of delegation has always said that Q S will measure |
| 30 | And conservative forces everywhere have always said that , This ( dance music ) is the devil 's music ! ’ |