Example sentences of "always [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ To an extent , but the song always aroused a lot of interest and it seemed to capture people 's imaginations .
2 Receiving for me always contained a degree of embarrassment that I am only now beginning to come to terms with .
3 Their answer , briefly , was that reason had always contained a measure of irrationality , which , despite its best intentions , had led to its involvement with tyranny and domination : ‘ Enlightenment is totalitarian ’ .
4 Her ‘ Spencer Special , ’ where she dived into the pool leaving barely a ripple , always attracted an audience .
5 For this reason it has always enjoyed a notability out of all relation to its size .
6 ‘ He has always enjoyed a drink , and I 've never met a man who can hold his liquor better , ’ he says .
7 Hare , whose aggregate points in first-class matches totalled 7,233 , said yesterday : ‘ It 's a challenge and I 've always enjoyed a challenge .
8 She 'd always owned a horse or pony since a kid .
9 It has always looked a bit ramshackle , with its claustrophobic nets , which were gas-lit until the 1960s .
10 He has always looked a chaser and his unexpected achievements over flimsy flights of timber make him a most exciting prospect .
11 Seen from Kiev , this always looked a miscalculation .
12 He was taller than most of them , his nickname being ‘ Lofty ’ , and always looked a lot cleaner than his oil-stained gang .
13 The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid .
14 The usual 'flu stiffness and aching in the muscles did n't go away as it should have done , so Father sent for Dr Allott , our family physician , a patient , gentle old man who always arrived in an Essex sedan and — more important to us — always carried a pocketful of toffees to give away to children .
15 Slackness in the official compilation and in-between-election-activity by the Labour Party has always carried a penalty of up to 10 per cent for Labour , but what emerged from a comparison of the electorates of 1987 and 1992 in the six Edinburgh constituencies was a drop of 14,737 electors .
16 She reveals that she has always carried a photograph of Levy in her handbag and still does so today .
17 He 'd got a well-developed sense of self-protection , you know , always carried a gun in the glove-pocket of the car .
18 What had really confused everyone was the fact that Kemp always carried a hip-flask of brandy in the car 's glove compartment , and that he had given his wife — trapped by the legs beside him — several sips from this flask before the ambulance arrived ; and had even drunk from it himself !
19 Then he remembered Billy always carried a packet of three .
20 As you know , Joe has always carried a pound or two more than was absolutely necessary and he smoked and drank a few glasses of beer at the end of the day and , as he says , ‘ it all adds up ’ .
21 A face that was poignantly familiar , as if she 'd always carried a picture of him in her heart .
22 He also wore a typical bright blue cloak , and always carried a sword with a gilded hilt .
23 The annual General Household Survey has always included a question about chronic health problems in its researches .
24 The rock sensibility always included a strand of folk ideology — folk musicians and folk ways , particularly the celebration of ‘ live ’ performance , were central to the development of rock in both Britain and the United States .
25 The Peace People 's work has always included a prison visiting service .
26 The first few weeks always included a number of experiences designed to undo at least some of the damage done to sensible language learning by our schools and universities .
27 He voiced scepticism about Government statements , saying that the total consents in the past had always included an estimate of grants that would be received .
28 Weekend homework always included an essay .
29 I have always felt a proclivity for Kilburn .
30 It was indeed rice crispies , a substance for which Amiss had always felt a dislike verging on contempt .
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