Example sentences of "already [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyelids were already fluttering into sleep . |
| 2 | And that 's beginning to show er up in the chemistry of the lakes and streams , some recovery of some lakes are already recovering in response to that reduction of emissions , but not all by any means . |
| 3 | Indeed , with embryonic OLTP products like Unix System Labs 's Tuxedo , Transarc Corp 's Encina and now IBM 's CICS/6000 already struggling for mind and market share , X/Open will be under pressure to avoid the problems that it faced — and to some extent still does — over the lack of a standard for graphical user interfaces , GUIs . |
| 4 | Diplomats like Sir Nevile Henderson in Berlin — already dying of cancer — wore themselves grey and corpselike in the struggle , while in London every avenue was open . |
| 5 | Christian accompanied him once to Ireland to watch a new filly run , took one look through the field-glasses , announced he was already dying of boredom , and departed to look at paintings . |
| 6 | The blow struck only partly home , because Satan was already twisting in mid-air , trying for another bite as he dropped away . |
| 7 | He plans to leave the service in December this year and , with the renewed confidence of a graduate , is already applying for work . |
| 8 | The remainder of these unfortunates were already contributing to family incomes as labourers , shop boys , glovers , house-servants , rag collectors and so on . |
| 9 | Cameron and Menzies found themselves moving out of the door in a file of soldiers whose feet were already walking in step . |
| 10 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 11 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 12 | In terms of the A nineteen south , that is already operating at capacity . |
| 13 | Creed and McGowan were already waiting in front of the elevator doors . |
| 14 | Love is already turning into hate |
| 15 | Love is already turning into hate . |
| 16 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 17 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 18 | She was already sweating with exertion . |
| 19 | The rapist was already lying in wait for the twenty eight year old woman when she arrived home last night . |
| 20 | He came after me with his arms wide , still dazzled and dazzling in his private powerful light ; those pale jeans already crumbling for want of their accustomed humidity . |
| 21 | Many countries are already proceeding towards democracy . |
| 22 | Even as Acheson pondered the problem Smith argues that the US was already moving toward support of the French although it might not have been so much a matter of whose hand was on the tiller as how the compass was being set . |
| 23 | By 1633 he was already moving in court circles . |
| 24 | Behind them , gunfire was already rumbling like thunder on the edge of the city . |
| 25 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 26 | Our spirits were already beginning to flag when I received a letter from Eliot dated 2 June : |
| 27 | Lights were already beginning to diamond out of the shadowed pine woods on the lower slopes . |
| 28 | The stars are already shining in Suede 's eyes . |
| 29 | Yesterday , police confirmed that , in addition to three fires they were already treating as arson , a fourth fire at a holiday home in Pennal , Meirionnydd , was being treated as suspicious . |
| 30 | As a result , abattoir owners are beginning to speculate that the operating framework of the beef sector could swing overwhelmingly towards exports — as it is already doing with lamb . |