Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] already [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brisk and obedient , Lina had already decided what she would call her new mistress . |
| 2 | Gharr had already tried to get me out of the way — probably thinking that Mala would collect it and her too . |
| 3 | It was clear from the cumulative weight of these reports that Creed had already arrived . |
| 4 | She managed to control herself and fortunately Dr Neil was as quiet as she was , and when they reached Vetch Street Matey had already gone to bed . |
| 5 | Matey had already told her that most of the tea sold in East End grocers was collected from the leavings of the West End , dried , repacked and sold again . |
| 6 | Kohl and the French President François Mitterrand had already appealed for emergency aid when they met in Assmannshausen on June 22 , and on the same day West Germany announced that it had agreed to guarantee a DM5,000 million ( approximately US$2,980 million ) loan to the Soviet Union . ) |
| 7 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |
| 8 | The rest of the wickets slipped away , 209 all out gave England a win by 19 runs and , as Pakistan had already beaten Australia , ensured that the final would be between them and England . |
| 9 | By 1967 Ceauşescu had already staged several historical pageants at which he met the heroes of the Romanian past and of his own childhood games . |
| 10 | Guillaume had already bought some drawings of Modigliani 's , but one afternoon at the Rotonde Max Jacob and Modi were sitting together on the terrace with Modi sketching as usual on the Rotonde 's thin paper napkins when Paul Guillaume sat down at their table and asked Modigliani whether he ever painted . |
| 11 | He made her come with him onto the end of the staging down which Jotan and Arkhina had already disappeared . |
| 12 | Hari had already got to his feet and little by little was becoming animated again . |
| 13 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 14 | Graham Hill had already joined the Lotus team a year earlier and he helped lift the gloom by winning the world title in 1968 . |
| 15 | Angie Bowie : ‘ Prior to the American Tour , the ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ album had been released and David had already completed a tour of England . |
| 16 | Slorne had already calmed down by the time Creggan and Minch had finished speaking and the following evening the Sweeper came and she was calm again . |
| 17 | The United States had already agreed under the Mutual Defence Aid Programme to provide 70 B-29 bombers ( renamed Washingtons in RAF service ) as a stopgap , and these had started to arrive in March 1950 as part of the NATO build-up in Western Europe before the Korean War began . |
| 18 | Mr Wakerley reminded the jury that Sams had already admitted leaving the message for Shipways ' branch manager Kevin Watts , in January 1992 , who was carrying the £175,000 demanded for Stephanie 's safe release . |
| 19 | Your friends Dick and Joy Hardy had already called as arranged and had got no reply . |
| 20 | Catriona had already laughed when she realised it was n't a joke . |
| 21 | Lucy had already decided that this would be the wisest course for her to take . |
| 22 | By 1823 Sir Walter Scott had already installed it in Abbotsford , his NeoGothic house ( Fig. 53 ) , and by the mid-century it had become quite common in urban houses of the middle classes . |
| 23 | Branson had already moved home , and office , to a new houseboat , the Duende : now the Denbigh Terrace house was sold , along with two flats in Vernon Yard and a shop in Brent Cross . |
| 24 | What what I did say that Halam had already objected to them going down Station Lane at Edingley which we did . |
| 25 | Local press reports stated , however , that President Jorge Serrano Elias had already decided to remove Hurtado , because he had become an embarrassment to his administration and had allegedly misused funds intended to pay Chilean carabineros ( security police ) , contracted by the government to assist in the restructuring and training of the Guatemalan National Police . |
| 26 | When she returned to the camp Travis had already packed up . |
| 27 | These statements added little to what Arafat had already said but such casuistry , the decision to limit official contact with the PLO to the US embassy in Tunis , and the warning that any terrorist incident attributable to a PLO faction would render US recognition of the PLO void , suggested that the outgoing US administration had acted with considerable reluctance . |
| 28 | But Murray was determined , and eager to be off eastwards without delay , for Balliol had already had two days ' lead . |
| 29 | The police raided at 7am , but Tawell had already absconded ; he was later arrested at the Jerusalem coffee house , known to be a favourite haunt . |
| 30 | Well , there were : by the time they left Clerkenwell William and Mary Ann had already produced four out of their five children — all boys . |