Example sentences of "was already [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncle Hamish was already rising from his seat , looking positively twinkly with health and good cheer . |
| 2 | Ace was already moving in his direction . |
| 3 | She did n't hear what Marc said to her because she was already hearing in her mind Peter 's cry of betrayal . |
| 4 | Lindsey was already reaching for her pad . |
| 5 | He was already reaching for his phone , jabbing an extension number . |
| 6 | Since her husband had gone to join her , her tomb had been neglected , and sand was already drifting across its entrance , covering it inexorably in a red blanket . |
| 7 | One was already sitting on its nest , the white marks on the face and the white underbody visible as the bird crouched in the open on rabbit-nibbled grass . |
| 8 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 9 | Twoflower was already thumbing through his book . |