Example sentences of "already [v-ing] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he pulled up outside the Palace , Creed was already waiting by the entrance with McGowan , Trotter and Maxie Carlo ( still no sign of Vasco ) . |
| 2 | His mother and the governor of Cochin-China were already waiting by the entrance with the Resident Superior of Annam and his official suite of guests . |
| 3 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 4 | A burly constable was already standing by the public telephone , and no-one so far had been sufficiently intrepid as to approach him . |
| 5 | In photographs I 'm already scowling by the time I 'm two : in an Argyle Street photographer 's studio , clutching a rubber doll , dressed in a tailored coat with a velvet collar and an enormous bow in my hair ; or paddling with my parents in the sea , somewhere off the coast of Ireland . |
| 6 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |