Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] already [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land .
2 I had already made a number of smaller works with Lascaux Aquacryl on watercolour pads and clocks , so I was aware of the colour range and paint handling .
3 I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third .
4 I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep .
5 It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham .
6 I had already performed a literature search on t-butyl OOH , and we have done some experiments with it on our parasite systems … some of our experiments on the parasites worked well and will appear in The Lancet . ’
7 ‘ That 's not fair , ’ gasped Rachel , ‘ I 've already done a couple of laps ! ’
8 I 've already done a background event to change the background to black , using the colour fill option .
9 I I 've already made a ruling on that , on that point .
10 I 've already made a list of the questions you should ask h — ’
11 I 've already written a letter , and if you do n't help me , I 'll have to send it .
12 I 've already had a couple of tentative enquiries .
13 I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun .
14 I 've already had a word with the vicar and made a provisional booking for Friday afternoon .
15 I 've already had a word with Sister Concepta .
16 I 've already had a walk this morning .
17 I mean the Halifax charged me three hundred pounds for this and I 've already got a mortgage with them , so they do n't need to do any sort of er er in depth surveys , or , or , or assessments on the house .
18 Cos I 've already got a pension scheme running .
19 Presumably they did n't know I 've already got a copy of the catalogue .
20 I 've already got a tape recorder have n't I ?
21 And I 've already put a letter out saying four , so I 've had me arse kicked already .
22 I have already staked a claim for interest . ’
23 And if the manager of the Hospital and I have already dictated a letter to him on this er point and I plan to speak to him today .
24 I have already prepared a directory in Russian , which I plan to translate with advice on relevant matters .
25 By the time he is up in the morning , I have already done a day 's work …
26 There is a snowstorm expected , but she has already survived a hurricane in that tent .
27 She has already established a number of landmarks in political history and psephology : the first woman Prime Minister in any major western industrial state ; the first leader since Lord Liverpool in the 1820s to win three elections in a row , and Prime Minister for the longest uninterrupted spell in the twentieth century .
28 She has already won a painting competition run by the town 's operatic society , produces immaculate handwriting , embroiders intricate designs for cushions , and fills a midfield role in the school hockey team
29 so I said the next best thing I said is ring Sarah and she said she 'd already sent a gift , no have a conversation with her , is Lorraine coming today , no she said Terry 's decorating never said where
30 She 'd already made a bit of a name for herself , only locally but you know what the Germans are about music , and the district party bosses liked romantic pieces so she became the star turn at their more respectable booze-ups .
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