Example sentences of "have already [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jess thought about the one and sixpence she 'd had already without permission . |
| 2 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 3 | His mother — God rest her — had got more of a spark out of him when they went to nearby Ballymahon and Oliver Goldsmith 's birthplace , but that was only because he had already at school learned off by heart the whole of ‘ The Deserted Village ’ . |
| 4 | She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream . |
| 5 | This problem overlapped with that of the Public Schools generally , and he had already in the summer secured Cabinet approval for setting up a Public Schools Commission . |
| 6 | His marriage in 1832 to Hannah Abbott ( a daughter of John Abbott , a flour merchant of Plymouth ) was only the ostensible reason for the vacation of his fellowship in the same year , as he had already in effect seceded . |
| 7 | It was regarded by the authorities as the latest stage of a blood-feud which had begun over the purchase of a house , and which had already in March resulted in three deaths [ see p. 38840 ] . |
| 8 | Belloucif , who had left his post as secretary of the Minister of Defence in 1987 , had already in 1989 faced a commission of inquiry of six generals , although this hearing had not been made public until now . |
| 9 | He also cited the fact that they had not profited personally from their conduct , that they had " a record of long and distinguished service " , and that all had already in terms of emotional anguish and damaged careers paid a price which was " grossly disproportionate to any misdeeds or errors of judgement they might have committed " . |
| 10 | Three years after Guntram 's death , however , Childebert himself died , leaving two sons , Theudebert II ( 596 – 612 ) and Theuderic II ( 596 – 613 ) , of whom the former had already in 589 been given a sub-kingdom of the cities of Soissons and Meaux , at the request of some of the leading citizens — development pregnant with implications for the future . |
| 11 | She had already from time to time employed Mrs Rafferty , although the incredibly swift rate of her pregnancies made her appearances at Four Winds unpredictable . |
| 12 | In effect the European computer industry had already by summer 1984 obtained IBM 's agreement to the OSI requirement and this — not anti-monopoly — was now Europe 's chosen route . |
| 13 | McCreery had already by the afternoon of that day recognised that the question of what should be done about the Croats posed a particular problem . |
| 14 | Er , the Police Authority last year I think actually had to have an extra nine hundred thousand pounds of spending , the budget was funded by the constituent 's authorities , erm , and we 've already for next year in fact , made available effectively six hundred thousand pounds worth of extra spending by erm , various means , so I would hope that erm , the authority does use as , as much prudence and restraint in its financial affairs as possible , because of the , the effects on all , all concerned . |
| 15 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you are under the impression you have already at your age perfected yourself , you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of . |
| 16 | … many pandas have already through nursing recovered health from the brink of starvation and death . |
| 17 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |