Example sentences of "[pron] already [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I already knew the right word for it when I was 11 . |
| 2 | It wants the independent Advisory Committee of Advertising ( ACA ) , which already selects the above-the-line agency roster for government departments , to do the same for direct agencies and sales promotion companies . |
| 3 | As for Monica Seles , her desire to play at Wimbledon this year , coupled with the fact that she already has the Australian title under her belt , might be all the incentive that she needs to go for that Grand Slam this year , that same Grand Slam which she passed up last year with her refusal to play the British leg of the four majors . |
| 4 | However , it is only open to those who already hold the overpriced asset and so relies on this group of investors trading sufficient assets to move the relative prices of the shares in the index and index futures back into line . |
| 5 | Flynn 's great progress with the GS&W ; line astonished even John , who already had the highest opinion of the man . |
| 6 | The award came as a big surprise for Sam but an even bigger surprise for the Joe Borrows Agency who already had the Bradford-based singer booked at the Great Ayton Social Club on the night of the awards show . |
| 7 | There are rumours of a deal with New York 's Futureshock who already licence the early Godflesh and Bolt Thrower albums in the States and appear anxious to sign God following the success of ‘ Meathead ’ ’ on college radio . |
| 8 | There are rumours of a deal with New York 's Futureshock who already licence the early Godflesh and Bolt Thrower albums in the States and appear anxious to sign God following the success of ‘ Meathead ’ ’ on college radio . |
| 9 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 10 | We already have the first stage of economic and monetary union — the exchange rate mechanism — and it is already doing great damage to Britain . |
| 11 | We already have the best Post Office in the European Community . |
| 12 | The important thing is the quality of our syllabuses and schemes of assessment , and we already offer the lowest level of fee possible . ’ |
| 13 | They already hold the Southern fortress of Pax Tharkas ( I hope they change its name ) , and will soon crush the Elven folk between it and their devilish hordes . |
| 14 | British sources say they already have the potential power-unit and are half-convinced that the French may already be quite advanced in the aero-dynamics of the bodyshell . |
| 15 | He believes they will win in the new town areas where they already have the local council seats sewn up . |
| 16 | They already have the unenviable task of supervising some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country . |
| 17 | It already uses the harlequin image which is characteristic of the Pink period paintings . |
| 18 | But because it already occupied the existing space for electoral politics , the layer of educated and professional younger community leaders who might have become involved in politics was atomised . |
| 19 | SGS-Thomson Microelectronics BV will get its second capital injection of $500m from its backers by the end of June , its French state shareholder CEA-Industrie says : it already has the first payment of $250m each from France and Italy . |
| 20 | The FBI argues that , because it already has the constitutional right to tap telephones , where it has a warrant , no new principle is involved : all it wants is the means to continue doing so . |
| 21 | His voice was low and deep , vibrant with a hard-held patience , as if he already sensed the latent protest in the way she 'd breathed his name . |