Example sentences of "be already [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’
2 Some were already out on the lake , quiet and dabbling .
3 When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf .
4 ‘ Dr. Stevie 's already out on the course .
5 As on the river bank , Blackberry had moved away and was already down on the road on his own account , sniffing out towards the middle , half-way between Hazel and the bend .
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