Example sentences of "[verb] already [been] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 2 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 3 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 4 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 5 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
| 6 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |
| 7 | They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags . |