Example sentences of "had always [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Both the Corporation and the Company had always turned trolleys with a hooked bamboo pole . |
| 2 | He had always played tricks on her . |
| 3 | The miner Joe had always kept details about the underground conditions hidden from his family . |
| 4 | The Crevecoeurs had always closed ranks in times of crisis , had n't they ? |
| 5 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 6 | He had always had doubts about his own past reactions to Gina 's behaviour . |
| 7 | The old Poor Law had always provided instances of parishes making allowances to able-bodied parishioners unable to secure work or , more commonly , unable to secure work at adequate wages . |
| 8 | The Shah had always preferred Republicans to Democrats and he had felt that Carters human rights programme was in some senses directed against him . |
| 9 | She said that throughout their married life they had always talked things through and come to decisions between them about what to do . |