Example sentences of "always been a very [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The council has always been a very moderate spender in the past and we should be able to undertake new initiatives this year .
2 ‘ We have always been a very tired family , ’ Finch said loftily to Henry , both aged twenty-eight , Finch lying back in a large bed with his cello on his ex-girl friend 's pillow and Henry standing up by the gas fire .
3 He had always been a very religious man , which had helped him a lot in the Corporation .
4 ‘ 3D seismic data is critical for resolving subsurface uncertainty , but providing the data has always been a very slow and costly process , ’ he says .
5 ‘ And he 's always been a very busy man . ’
6 Even at school , Liz had always been a very gifted painter .
7 Michael has always been a very hard worker and has filled every minute of every day with activity .
8 But in many ways you 've always been a very old-fashioned girl .
9 Since I 've been involved in er , in the partnerships we 've always tried to have a joint number one with Three Hills and Church Langley as I explained before and it 's always been a very difficult balancing act you know , to keep both going along .
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