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 | For this reason it has always enjoyed a notability out of all relation to its size . |
| 5 | ‘ He has always enjoyed a drink , and I 've never met a man who can hold his liquor better , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Hare , whose aggregate points in first-class matches totalled 7,233 , said yesterday : ‘ It 's a challenge and I 've always enjoyed a challenge . |
| 7 | She 'd always owned a horse or pony since a kid . |
| 8 | It has always looked a bit ramshackle , with its claustrophobic nets , which were gas-lit until the 1960s . |
| 9 | He has always looked a chaser and his unexpected achievements over flimsy flights of timber make him a most exciting prospect . |
| 10 | Seen from Kiev , this always looked a miscalculation . |
| 11 | He was taller than most of them , his nickname being ‘ Lofty ’ , and always looked a lot cleaner than his oil-stained gang . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She reveals that she has always carried a photograph of Levy in her handbag and still does so today . |
| 15 | He 'd got a well-developed sense of self-protection , you know , always carried a gun in the glove-pocket of the car . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | Then he remembered Billy always carried a packet of three . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | A face that was poignantly familiar , as if she 'd always carried a picture of him in her heart . |
| 20 | He also wore a typical bright blue cloak , and always carried a sword with a gilded hilt . |
| 21 | The annual General Household Survey has always included a question about chronic health problems in its researches . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Peace People 's work has always included a prison visiting service . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I have always felt a proclivity for Kilburn . |
| 26 | It was indeed rice crispies , a substance for which Amiss had always felt a dislike verging on contempt . |
| 27 | They have always presented a problem for the application of natural justice . |
| 28 | This is true even though the ruling party — initially the Tanganyika African National Union ( TANU ) and since 1972 the Chama Cha Mapunduzi ( CCM ) — has always accepted a system of primary elections to select parliamentary candidates . |
| 29 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've always made a point of avoiding married women , and engaged women fall into the same category . ’ |