Example sentences of "have always been [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Australian Chardonnay has become so popular they have been suffering shortages , but there has always been loads of Semillon available . |
2 | ‘ The foundation of my collection has always been ideas which have a long life . |
3 | The number of buzzards , whose primary food has always been rabbits , dropped significantly and is only now showing signs of recovery . |
4 | by er , mind you they 'd always been children that had had to fend for themselves a lot , the only sad thing |
5 | We 've always been outcasts and we never thought we 'd be accepted . ’ |
6 | No , there had always been routes through from Earth into the Dominions , other than that at the Retreat . |
7 | There had always been cities providing a variety of religious , political , and commercial functions but few contemporaries doubted that the industrial city of the nineteenth century was a new phenomenon . |
8 | They had always been friends of mine , but I never wanted to defend their work . |
9 | And in the course of a few hours the softly spoken , silver-haired woman had made her feel as though they had always been friends . |
10 | Members of the Stock Exchange had always been individuals operating in partnerships . |
11 | The view had a practical function ; the men of Elling were fishermen , they had always been fishermen and their quarry had always been herring and eel . |
12 | You see , I was only nineteen and you were my only sister , and we had always been pals . |
13 | There had always been schisms in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
14 | The Wrights had always been classics masters at the great public schools , or clergymen . |
15 | One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home . |
16 | There had always been men and once he had cared a great deal about that . |
17 | The centre of her life had always been men , either one at a time or many . |
18 | and er , but apparently they did a , they did a test and that was also a package where the stuff like that , transfer although those three may of been carrying weapons , they split open the policeman , but this does seem to basically at , well not no , not indiscriminately they did n't say that but they shot innocent people , I mean like I said well the I mean that 's got to kill in those streets and stuff the ricochet 's can go quite easily go through somebody but there , there was , there 's always been claims er , there 's no I R A gunmen there |
19 | It 's always been animals . |
20 | Though there have always been differences between countries outside the First World , for a long time it did appear to make sense to speak of The Third World , the title of Worsley 's very influential book ( 1973 ) on the subject . |
21 | There have always been wars . |
22 | Love and death have always been themes exciting the imagination of poets ; but in the last century they figured in works of art and literature to an extent that was almost obsessional . |
23 | Women have always been farmers . |
24 | ‘ But there have always been girls of eighteen , even in my day , ’ Sophia protested . |
25 | However , there have always been leases without rent ( for example , mortgages ) and the statutory definition of a term of years absolute is clear on this point : |
26 | Within Christianity there have always been strands , such as the Templars , Cathars and Rosicrucians , that have retained an awareness of the old secrets . |
27 | ‘ Dana and I have always been photocopies , ’ Claudia said wearily . |
28 | Rivers have always been boundaries , as well as route-ways . |
29 | There have always been movements of people across the world who have changed the way of life in the lands they have occupied . |
30 | ‘ The police have always been instruments of the government . |