Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [pron] had already " in BNC.
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| 1 | They talked , and in course of it Paul mentioned that he had already sketched out plans for a second book ; the Professor had already informed Mr Lamprey of the first . |
| 2 | As we approached the river , the Trent , which had a bathing-place in the grounds , he mentioned that he had already had a dip and recommended it . |
| 3 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |
| 4 | She reported that she had already removed , cleaned and returned them as she had caught some wool under one of them . |
| 5 | Mr B. P. reported that he had already lost 3 stone some time before but had stuck at 15 stone and was pleased when he started to lose again . |
| 6 | Dicke and Peebles were preparing to look for this radiation when Penzias and Wilson heard about their work and realized that they had already found it . |
| 7 | He then realised that he had already seen his son some distance from the door and that his conviction that it was him had been totally irrational . |
| 8 | An army spokesman pointed out to journalists that the men were being held under anti-terrorist legislation and added that they had already been interrogated and had been ‘ singing like birds ’ , a phrase from the criminal underworld implying that they had confessed to crimes . |
| 9 | Miss Shand added that there had already been a payment of £50,000 by the board , which was not opposing the move for a second payment of the same amount . |
| 10 | A report by COSLA officials recalled that it had already raised the issue of unfair profit-making from second right-to-buy purchases under housing defects legislation , but ministers had refused to agree to make any changes . |
| 11 | He spent November at Roxburgh , where he issued letters patent in which he recognized Edward III as lord superior of Scotland and declared that he had already done homage to Edward , in return for which Edward had agreed to maintain and protect him and his heirs in the kingdom . |
| 12 | He declared that he had already " expressed very clearly the need for a rapid , profound and complete democratization " , and had chosen to leave because there was " no possibility for legal opposition in Albania " . |
| 13 | However Jim Swire , a leading member of the UK Families Flight 103 group , claimed that he had already managed to take a simulated bomb through Heathrow airport on a flight to New York , on May 18 , 1990 . |
| 14 | They reckoned that they had already entered into their reign with Christ : they were already rich already filled with the powers of the Age to Come ( 1 Cor 4:8 ) Paul comes down immediately like a ton of bricks on this attitude which regards the Spirit as a medium of religious experience or an embodiment of supernatural power , rather than as the vocation to and equipment for the role of the Servant . |
| 15 | The deceased replied that he had already signed at the top of the document . |
| 16 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 17 | Simon got very excited when he heard that I had already been driven round the circuit by Brundle . |
| 18 | It meant that they had already discussed the problem at length and decided what line to take . |
| 19 | The case went before the Bishop three times when John Heryng pleaded that he had already been accounted before auditors appointed by the Bishop and that the account was in possession of John Ie Baker , now churchwarden . |
| 20 | But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes . |
| 21 | A motion which would have specifically committed ] the party against fusion was not put on the chairman 's decision ; the diehards accepted this ruling without demur , no doubt because they felt that they had already made their point . |
| 22 | The crew , themselves , felt that they had already been changed by the experience and some were a little anxious about the future . |
| 23 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 24 | I have been here that long I thought that I had already been on … ‘ |
| 25 | It appeared that they had already approached Boeing on this matter and had tried to induce another key employee to join them . |
| 26 | The Head of Department said that they had already started to implement the recommendations to them . |
| 27 | The trades union confederations demanded a forum for dialogue on the issue with the government , whereas the government said that there had already been consultations and that it could not " be expected to cease adopting decisions on crucial and pressing problems because of artificially created procedural obstacles " . |
| 28 | He said that it had already led to the curtailment of five drilling contracts with thousands of potential job losses . |