Example sentences of "always had a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carolyn designed the dress as she has always had a flair for it . |
| 2 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 3 | Today 's teenagers have always had a choice of at least four channels and are now blessed with a multiplicity of choice thanks to satellite and VHS . |
| 4 | In fact , she reminded herself , since they had been children Mandy had always had a knack for getting her sombre cousin , normally something of a goody-two-shoes , into a great deal of trouble . |
| 5 | Liza had always had a tendency to wildness . |
| 6 | Black music has always had a locale as part of its make-up ; the Philadelphia sound , Chicago house , Motown and techno in Detroit . |
| 7 | Well , he has always had a way with words . |
| 8 | Squash has always had a bit of a reputation as a sexy sort of game . |
| 9 | Gary had always had a heart for Switzerland and as he read that verse at Spring Harvest he knew that Switzerland was the place . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've always had a battle with my weight . |
| 11 | I 've always had a yen for married women — it 's something to do with being an only son , I suspect , some sort of Oedipal urge to play Daddy 's part with Mummy — and I knew by experience how much care and tact is needed . |
| 12 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 14 | I 've always had a horror of the splits , though |
| 15 | He had always had a capacity for ruthlessness . |
| 16 | She 's always had a smile for me , Mr Feather . " |
| 17 | Tory MPs have always had a crush on her . |
| 18 | But the people of the Dordogne have always had a reputation for being independent thinkers . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Middlesbrough have always had a reputation for encouraging young players . |
| 20 | Despite its grandeur , Clarence House has always had a reputation as a happy home . |
| 21 | The initiative foundered and Lorna , who has always had a talent for design , remembered an advert she had seen for Colour Counsellors . |
| 22 | She had a pleasant disposition and always had a twinkle in her eyes . |
| 23 | From the days of exchange control , UK multinational companies have always had a use for the traditional island tax havens , and even the explosion of anti-avoidance legislation in the 1980s has not prevented the use of havens where there is a definite benefit for the company . |
| 24 | Liberalism has always had a tension between science and freedom : the imperative to control and the free expression of the human personality . |
| 25 | The part of me that is a lesbian has always had a lot of support and nurturing from friends around . |
| 26 | Botham has always had a taste for showbiz . |
| 27 | As he reclined in his sofa , surrounded by a treasure trove of knick-knacks collected from around the world , Mark said he had always had a taste for travel . |
| 28 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |
| 29 | He did not always have a voice , but he always had a point of view . |
| 30 | You have always had a passion for rhythmic accuracy and long-term rhythmic control . |