Example sentences of "already [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case my son has already outgrown me . |
| 2 | We 'll get you on it yet if Kate has n't already wrecked it . |
| 3 | The 1947 Press Commission had already pointed it out — but the proportion sharing at that time was only one-fifth . |
| 4 | That Pericles ' maternal relatives , the noble family of the Alkmaionidai , were enemies of Themistokles ( as they certainly were is no objection to this view : Pericles ' father had already distanced himself from the Alkmaionidai by the time of his ostracism in 484 ( Ath . |
| 5 | He was among the hundreds of thousands of people who had already posted their application forms . |
| 6 | For anyone who has yet to come up with an idea , BVP will provide access into the venture portfolio of 140 successful US products , established by companies which have already developed their product and secured a significant market share . |
| 7 | ( It is also remarkable how commonly ideas similar to his have kept re-surfacing up to the present day , often without any apparent awareness on the part of their authors that Schleiermacher had already developed them , or that the subsequent movement of theology was to expose serious inadequacies in them . ) |
| 8 | Each has already developed its own characteristic way of exploiting that major insect invention , flight . |
| 9 | Prior to its involvement in the ESSE/L Project , School G had already developed its library resources and had nurtured some significant resource-assisted curriculum initiatives . |
| 10 | The group at the high table — Sir John , Lady Beatrice , Rachel , Mandeville and the white-faced Damien — had already broken their fast . |
| 11 | David Kahanamoku , Duke 's nephew , had already broken his ankle in the November swell at Waimea and been fished out of the Bay by Michael Willis . |
| 12 | Cos he 's already stopped him setting fire to trees in the orchard over there . |
| 13 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 14 | She has wonderful parents who have already taught her to multiply lots of numbers . |
| 15 | My experience with the pensions inquiry had already taught me one invaluable lesson . |
| 16 | Someone has already taught it to be aggressive towards people : they have reinforced a natural tendency for aggression and its expression . |
| 17 | Israel presents a bill-cum-claim for £13 billion ; the Turks have already been more than vigilant and need recompense ; Egypt is already forgiven its £7 billion arms debt but needs more ; Syria has had its funds unblocked by the EC ; the US is getting its war subsidies ; the Soviet Union is tied by its need for help ; the air is thick with pay-offs and promises , massive promises every one of which has its own complex politics contradicting most or all of the others . |
| 18 | These agents are unfortunately fairly easy to come by and the Iraqis have already proven themselves to be masters of er subversive acquisition , er given that they are also now fired with a certain amount of fundamentalism , and should they find their backs to the wall , that even be accelerated . |
| 19 | She prided herself on her strength — and yet this man , who had already proven he could stand up to her verbally , was holding her off as she if she were a feather . |
| 20 | We 've already checked everyone in the piazza once . ’ |
| 21 | She 'd already checked his room and he was sleeping soundly . |
| 22 | The older ones among them who had heard similar harangues before had already sensed they were about to experience some harshening of their conditions . |
| 23 | Robert can see Henry 's star quality and has already aligned him with an animal talent agency ( Satch 's Animals ) , although his one date with the cameras so far — for a Lucozade commercial — was n't exactly a smash . |
| 24 | Mr Fractor threatened him with a sum stretching right round the classroom if he did n't stay awake and had already punished him for not finishing his work on time . |
| 25 | ‘ Apart from that , how could I allow him to play when the Scottish League have already altered their fixtures so that none of my home-based players would be playing today ? |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't you tell — ’ his eyes seemed to say , ‘ that I have already pressed it ? |
| 27 | The two subjects in the eight-month restriction study who had already limited themselves to 6 hours did not benefit from the regime , and reverted to their own established norms . |
| 28 | A lower court has already dismissed their cases . |
| 29 | Fitzosbert , however , had already dismissed him with a flicker of his eyes and was staring coolly at Sir John as if to prove he was not cowed by any show of authority . |
| 30 | Franco could not believe that the miners wanted more than he had already given them and , as always , viewed their discontent as political subversion . |