Example sentences of "had always [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was what Lewis had always called the route that went by narrower , winding roads through Ongar and Dunmow , Braintree and Halstead to Sudbury , and that was the way he had driven them when they all went out to visit old Hilbert . |
| 2 | Sir Robert Mark , Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ( 1972 — 1977 ) , had always advocated the need for the police to have adequate notice of processions in public places and included such a suggestion in evidence to Lord Scarman at the time of the Red Lion Inquiry . |
| 3 | The French Grand Prix that year was at Dijon , high on a plateau over the city and a race that , for one reason or another , had always favoured the French . |
| 4 | James had always loved the place . |
| 5 | Twenty years her junior , the young Lutyens had always nurtured the idea that the garden of a house should complement the whole picture . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Vickers , which employs 1,800 staff equally split between plants in Leeds and Newcastle , said the company had always believed the order would go to the French . |
| 7 | Until 1915 , there had always existed the possibility of making a short or wide turning movement of one or other of an enemy 's flanks ; that option no longer existed . |
| 8 | The Left had always emphasised the influence of power politics and capitalism as forces leading to war and in the 1930s this attitude was revalidated . |
| 9 | So with Amyas 's long , damp fingers pressed against her eyes , Jennifer was led stumbling into the passage , and on the way up to the house Sir Gregory tried to think how he was going to pacify his wife , who had never been able to forgive him for his infidelity and who had always resented the presence of his bastard 's daughter under her roof when she came to hear Mass . |
| 10 | He had always resented the amount his son ate . |
| 11 | Coun Williams replied that he had always said the money was from an insurance payout , adding : ‘ It is very easy for the Liberal Democrat councillors to make such statements . |
| 12 | Unlike Jake , who had always done the opposite . |
| 13 | Mrs Noakes had always done the pulpit , ever since Father Collins 's time . |
| 14 | Kathleen had always seen the sense of things , once they were explained . |
| 15 | She 'd never had an enema , and had always dreaded the thought of it . |
| 16 | Although he lacked any deep personal convictions , Vologsky had always trod the path of least resistance , done the right things at the right times . |
| 17 | She had always sensed the goodness in Sarah Byrne and for Paddy 's sake wished they could be friends . |
| 18 | Jozef Taczek had always substantiated the story . |
| 19 | His aunt had always kept the door locked , fearing that children might venture into the mill and hurt themselves by tumbling down the ladders . |
| 20 | He was a partner in a firm of architects , devoted to his work and in good health , and had always expressed the intention of working as long as he was able . |
| 21 | A spotless meeting of well-regarded business men in rubber sea-boots , conducted in the harmonious spirit which had always characterised the firm . |
| 22 | I had always managed the walk with ease , but this time it was different . |
| 23 | Linda had always passed the time of day with her when Doris had been able to get out and about , but now the old woman was con fined to her house with arthritis . |
| 24 | As though he had always known the Wall should disappear , the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevarnadze , described as ‘ wise and sensible ’ the East German decision to open it up . |
| 25 | Jeopardy had always known the future , or had perhaps chosen it himself that day . |
| 26 | ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ , released in ‘ 85 , was the majestic , towering album that Talk Talk 's growing legion of fans had always known the band could make . |
| 27 | Although he had always feared the night , the boy knew the big house in darkness almost as well as in daylight . |
| 28 | Covertly , leaning far back in his chair , he watched McQuaid from under hooded eyelids : in all the years they had been coming together on Monaghan Day McQuaid had always spent the night in the house . |
| 29 | He had always enjoyed the company of intelligent women , and if they were pretty , then so much the better . |
| 30 | He added that the club had always enjoyed the atmosphere of the league , the depth of scoring allowing every participant to feel they have a role to play . |