Example sentences of "had already [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Pericles ' maternal relatives , the noble family of the Alkmaionidai , were enemies of Themistokles ( as they certainly were is no objection to this view : Pericles ' father had already distanced himself from the Alkmaionidai by the time of his ostracism in 484 ( Ath . |
| 2 | But what the rest of the candidates did not know was that Pilger had already earmarked someone for the job — the man who had gatecrashed the capitalization-day party — Keith Sutton of the Wapping Post . |
| 3 | Anthony would probably move on sooner or later ; his bosses , two Anglo-Italian academics , had already warned him about the carelessness of his work . |
| 4 | But then she should have anticipated that , since Candy had already warned her of the Scorpio ability to be cruel . |
| 5 | The radical faction , however , was somewhat strengthened by the enhanced position of Khomeini 's son , Ahmad Khomeini , who had already established himself within the Iranian political scene [ see p. 36630 ] , and who after his father 's death was able to claim that his views and pronouncements carried the authority of the late leader . |
| 6 | Peter Powell 's adventures with kites had already put him into the headlines when he ‘ flew ’ his grandmother , long before he perfected the diamond-shaped stunter that made him a worldwide name from 1974 . |
| 7 | She was gabbling , her voice breathy and barely under control , because she 'd raised her eyes to his face only to find the expression there more disturbing than the casual masculine pose he 'd adopted , and which had already reminded her of the night she 'd spent in his bed . |
| 8 | He had already told me on the Friday at the training session , and in front of about 20 of the lads , that I was n't in the team . |
| 9 | Tavett grew annoyed when he realized she had already discussed it with the other two the previous evening as soon as she had been allowed to leave the police station . |
| 10 | He spent his youth in Provence where three generations of his family had already devoted themselves to the arcane mysteries of perfume business . |
| 11 | However much she might have wanted to remain aloof from publicity the female press corps had already identified her as the ‘ Woman Head ’ of a multi-million dollar international corporation and , through the same lens , saw her therefore as challenging a man 's world . |
| 12 | In any case , Germany had already removed itself from the control and sanction of the League of Nations . |