Example sentences of "was already [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was already acting for a number of young painters including Kisling , Hayden and Kremegne , and was determined to find a way of fostering Modigliani 's talent . |
| 2 | They passed a counter above which hung trusses of pigeons , pheasants and other less identifiable but more disturbing birds ; Helen grabbed Edward 's arm to hurry him on but he was already gazing at a row of hares suspended by their feet from a rack . |
| 3 | Michael was already slipping into a coma after three hours in the cold seas . |
| 4 | The Prime Minister was already reeling from a savaging inflicted in the Commons by Labour leader John Smith . |
| 5 | This will not affect anyone who was already contributing to a pension plan prior to July 1988 unless , that is , they actually wish to change . |
| 6 | He moved faster than I would have thought anyone could on a train and was already talking into a radio headset when I reached his office . |
| 7 | He was already working as a freelance cartoonist and his work appeared in a number of magazines . |
| 8 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 9 | The water that had seemed so bitingly refreshing only moments ago was already feeling like a strait-jacket of ice tangling around Charity 's speedily numbing limbs . |