Example sentences of "[pers pn] already had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I already had a mailing list of over 7000 people , which is healthy for someone who is n't a household name , and is a good base for putting out a single , if those people then go and buy it . |
| 2 | I already had a guitar . |
| 3 | I hesitated , for I already had a plan but was n't sure whether it would be acceptable . |
| 4 | I already had a father , after all . |
| 5 | I already had a coat , which in those days was my pride and joy , so I went in , tried it on and paid £55 . |
| 6 | The debt was written off in a long , slow reckoning of my own , though by the time I reached my mid-teens I already had a certainty of the future waiting — a void to be filled as I chose , with nothing predetermined . |
| 7 | I already had a stitch scar running the greater part of my left leg . |
| 8 | He said she was an avant-garde feminist who — when he first met her — was proud of the fact that she already had a child whose father no one knew . |
| 9 | She already had a couple of good ideas . |
| 10 | The daughter of the outspoken romantic novelist Barbara Cartland , she already had a half page entry in Who 's Who before she met Johnnie Spencer . |
| 11 | ALTHOUGH LIVING IN WALLINGTON SHE ALREADY HAD A SENSE OF HER ROOTS IN WALES . |
| 12 | Maybe she went in for officers , or maybe , he realized , she already had a boyfriend . |
| 13 | I says two of them , now I 'm being she already had a dinner |
| 14 | But you already had a lunch date , did n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | But then — in view of the fact that you already had a boyfriend — I acquitted her of any devious motives . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So you already had a flight booked when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 17 | Now er we we already had a license for an earlier version of EARS which in er in fact was in Aled 's name from the last general election but one . |
| 18 | As a result , he said , ‘ in all practical terms , they are behaving as though we already had a currency union , which is defined as a zone of fixed exchange rates and free movement of capital . ’ |
| 19 | They already had a lock on the number Zack had used first , but when he changed booths , even though the kiosks were side-by-side in Dunstable , they lost him . |
| 20 | When the line-up was finalised with Charman in the spring of 1985 , they already had a set of six songs which they rehearsed repeatedly . |
| 21 | Although it already had a number of blue chip clients , such as Wm Low and the Scottish Development Agency ( and now Scottish Enterprise ) , perhaps what made the firm 's reputation was the way it handled Scottish electricity privatisation for the Government , an appointment made before the Shandwick deal . |
| 22 | It already had a tatty , dusty look that reminded her of Mr Gerard on Lizard Street . |
| 23 | Ralemberg said he already had a buyer for the wine , a vintner living in Trinity . |
| 24 | He already had a contact in a Swedish woman who had expressed a desire to work with the British , who was studying at Dresden . |
| 25 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 26 | ‘ He already had a background in TV when he started in Butterflies , while for me it was my first acting job . |